Prime minister Manmohan Singh today said "existing instrumentalities" should be invoked to put pressure on countries which continue to encourage terrorist activities, a veiled reference to the need for focussed strategies to combat terrorism emanating from Pakistan.
Singh's assessment on ways to deal with terrorism was shared by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev who told a joint news conference after the annual Indo-Russian Summit talks at Kremlin that the two countries are suffering from terror attacks, and there should be intensified global cooperation to evolve counter-terrorism strategies.
"We should use every means to have pinpointed action against terrorism," Medvedev said, adding that that the two countries should consolidate their counter-terrorism strategies which could be one of the "main" areas of bilateral cooperation.
A joint declaration issued after the talks said Russia expresses solidarity and support for India's demand for bringing to book the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks.
Medvedev said India and Russia should provide each other with inputs on ways to deal with terrorism. The prime minister favoured greater cooperation between India and Russia to meet the grave challenges of terrorism and extremism emanating from the region.
"We should use existing instrumentalities to pressure countries encouraging terrorist activities," Singh said.
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