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Britain is keen to improve cooperation with India and other Asian countries in the fields of security and intelligence,a senior UK minister has said.
8220;We are keen on improving international cooperation with India and other Asian countries in the fields of security and intelligence,8221; James Brokenshire,Minister for Security at the British Home Office,has said.
Speaking at the 2-day Security Asia 2013 8212; the Asian Homeland Security,Defence and Counter Terror Summit Brokenshire said following the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games,8221; the United Kingdom has considerable experience to share8221;. He noted that 8220;cyber terrorism knows no borders.8221; Home-grown terrorism,fuelled by online radicalisation,has given a new dimension to cyber policing.
The core of domestic counter-terrorism strategy should be to 8220;work with communities,to isolate extremist voices from the moderate majority8221;. he said. The organisers in a release said the two-day Summit gave rise to an 8220;unforeseen number of negotiations and business deals.8221;
8220;The resulting agreements could play a crucial role in modernising Asian security forces,allowing them to combat domestic and international threats more effectively,8221; the release said.
At an exhibition organised as part of the Summit,enterprises presented products ranging from single and twin-engine helicopters to mobile phone emergency alert systems and remote turret cameras.
Harry Dhaul,Chairman of Security Asian,in his remarks reflected on the opportunities and challenges present in Asia8217;s security threats. Delegates from India,Bangladesh,Nepal,China,Kazakhstan,Oman,Qatar,Bahrain,Abu Dhabi,UAE,Malawi,Ethiopia,Jordan,Lebanon,Indonesia and others participated in the Summit that concluded last evening.
