New Delhi: Asking the international community to isolate and condemn terrorists wherever they attack, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he will impress upon G-8 leaders to adopt an approach of "zero tolerance" towards terrorism anywhere. "The international community must isolate and condemn terrorists wherever they attack, whatever their cause and whichever country or group provides them sustenance and support," Singh said in a statement before leaving for the three-day G-8 Summit in St. Petersburg. "We will impress upon the leaders gathered at the G-8 Summit that the international community must adopt an approach of zero tolerance towards terrorism anywhere," he said. Observing that terrorism was a scourge that continues to inflict different parts of the world, he said the "tragic human costs that they entail was brought forth once again by the recent attacks in Mumbai and Srinagar". The prime minister said during his stay in St. Petersburg he looks forward to meeting with world leaders including US President George W Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao. He would also be having meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Brazilian Presdident Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva. Singh would also participate in the first bilateral meeting at the summit level with the Presidents of Russian and China. "It is our expectation that the St. Petersburg summit will also provide a useful opportunity for discussions between the industrialised countries and major emerging economies of the world on issues such as security, world trade and globalisation," he said. Singh said he was visiting St. Petersburg to participate in the outreach session of the G-8 summit, which is to be held tomorrow.
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