The essence of Hinduism is that the path may be different, but the goal is the same.

These terrorists wish to spread a sense of fear and suspicion among our peace-loving people,

Regional economic cooperation in South Asia has fallen far short of our expectations and the dreams of our founding fathers, ... It remains far behind more successful examples in both Asia and other regions of the world. I sincerely hope that SAFTA comes into force by January 1, 2006, but even this will represent only a modest beginning in terms of our goals.

We agreed that there can be no justification whatsoever for terrorism on any grounds, religious, political, ideological or any other,

We continued to be disturbed and dismayed at indications of the external linkages of terrorist groups with the October 29 bombing

We continue to be disturbed and dismayed at indications of the external linkages of terrorist groups with the Oct. 29 bombing,