Mumbai blasts: PM to raise issue with UK, Europe

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will discuss India's concerns over cross-border terrorism in the backdrop of recent evidence that Pakistan's ISI and terror outfits based there were behind the July 11 Mumbai serial blasts with the leadership of Britain and the European Union (EU) next week .

"We will certainly raise it (issue of terrorism). We will be discussing all issues, which include our recent experiences as victim of terrorism," foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon said today.

He was replying to a question whether the evidence unveiled in the Mumbai blasts would be discussed when Singh meets British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen.

Menon was briefing media on the six-day visit of the Prime Minister from Monday to the UK and Finland during which the issue of civil nuclear co-operation will also be discussed. Singh is visiting Helsinki to attend the India-EU Summit.

"We will bring them up-to-date with India's experience as victim of terrorism," the foreign secretary said, adding the two sides will discuss what could be done as common efforts to defeat terrorism.

New Delhi has already shared evidence with regard to the Mumbai blasts probe with the US.

Mumbai Police last week said that the probe into the serial train blasts had revealed the involvement of ISI and Lashker-e-Taiyba.