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BANGKOK, Aug 2 Asia Pulse - The first ever BIMST-EC summit opened in Bangkok Saturday with India stressing the need to forge a common front against terrorism, gunrunning and narcotics trafficking.
"The scourge of terrorism is unfortunately one with which we all must grapple -- as a global phenomenon and as an everyday reality. The areas of conflict are coming closer to us," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said at the inauguration of the summit.
He warned intolerance bred by religious extremism could divide societies and people and "we neglect it at our peril."
The mutual confidence among BIMSTE-EC countries would be greatly enhanced "if we were to forge a common front against terrorism, ...