They condemned global terrorism, saying that this menace stemmed from "perverse ideologies" and had no religion or civilisation. "Terrorism has no religion, terrorists have no religion and they are friends of no religion," Manmohan Singh said at the press conference  Endorsing this view, Blair said that terrorism grew from a perversion of the true values of Islam. "Most of the persons who are dying in Iraq are Muslims, most of those who got killed in the bomb blasts in Egypt are Muslims," he said. On being asked as to how he felt about terrorism arising from this part of the world, given the fact that he was coming to India for the first time after 7/7, he said that it would be wrong to judge Islam by the acts of a small minority. "It's a small minority, who are resorting to terrorism. It is the need of the hour that all countries in the world, irrespective of their nationality, race and colour to unite and fight this small minority that is threatening to destabilise the civilized world," he said.

      Manmohan Singh said that terrorism was a global threat that needed to be addressed by all the countries irrespective of their religion and nationality. Asserting that Britain was dealing with "the most extreme fanatical teachings of this kind of perverted Islam", Blair said there should be no compromise on this global menace. "A vast majority of Muslims abhor terrorism", he said. Singh said that India, which has been a victim of terrorism for more than two decades, and Britain would work together to evolve an international norm for "zero tolerance" of the menace.

     Blair described his one-to-one talk with Manomohan Singh at Udaipur as completely open, which would strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Blair also called on President APJ Abdul Kalam and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.. Blair and his wife Cherie also visited an orphanage in the Capital.
Sept 8, 2005