India not confined to its territory: Modi

He referred to the recent attacks in Paris, Ankara, Mali and on the Russian plane and said terrorism is not a peripheral problem for the Asian region but its shadow stretches across the world, both in recruitment and choice of targets.

He called for a new global resolve and new strategies to combat terrorism, without balancing it against political considerations and said no country should use or support terrorism.

Modi said the decision that may be taken in a conference room in the United Nations or WTO can affect the life of a farmer in a village in India and the lifestyle in one part of the world affects climate and agriculture in another part of the world.

“There is no distinction between groups”. There are no sanctuaries. “But, we also have to work within our societies and with our youth”, Mr. Modi said. India hopes that all parties to the disputes in the South China Sea will abide by the Declaration on the Conduct on South China Sea and the guidelines on the implementation.

Negotiations on a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement involving the ASEAN countries and its 6 FTA partners including India have seen a few breakthroughs and are expected to be concluded in 2016.

Britain and India have announced major business deals and cultural exchanges during Modi’s trip, including an Indian tour for historic British texts such as the Magna Carta and the opening of a Madame Tussauds wax museum in New Delhi.

Ethnic Indians form 8 per cent of Malaysia’s population and are mostly Tamils.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his intervention at the East Asia Summit by thanking PM Najib and people of Malaysia for their hospitality. Prime Minister Modi added India is committed to giving fruits of a modern economy.

“India is a land of unparalleled diversity… every citizen has equal rights which the court protects and government defends”, Modi said.

Talking about terrorism, the prime minister said it is the biggest threat to the world today.

“I am investing all my efforts and, my dear countrymen, I would like to assure you that the dreams that you have dreamt, the dreams that every Indian has dreamt, India has the capacity to fulfil those dreams and we are witnessing that”, he said.

“Your forefathers in thousands came forward to join Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army”.

With contraction in all but ten of the 30 major commodities, India’s merchandise exports have fallen a steep 17.5 per cent annually to $21.35 billion in October, sustaining the shipments in negative territory for a long 11 months. This will build on Singapore’s existing contributions to India in these areas, including the master-planning of Amaravati, the new capital city of the state of Andhra Pradesh and Singapore’s support of the Centre of Excellence in Tourism Training in Udaipur, in the state of Rajasthan.

While unveiling a statue of Swami Vivekananda at the Ramakrishna Mission complex here, he said that people should instil the values of the great Indian sage and philosopher in their mind and soul.

He met a delegation of the Malaysian Indian Congress and other Malay-Indian parliamentarians and lawmakers.