India, Malaysia to proactively engage to combat the menace of ISIS

They have started using our countries as recruiting ground and attract our youngsters with their extremist ideology, he added.

Rajnath Singh said that if we do not address it internally, and if we do not cooperate with each other through strong intelligence sharing, we will find it increasingly difficult to stop this ideology from poisoning the minds of our youngsters. India is also interested in knowing more about Malaysia’s deradicalisation programme, he added.

The Union Home Minister proposed more regular meetings of the Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crimes besides regular meetings under the ambit of the MoU on Cyber Security Cooperation signed during the visit of  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Malaysia in November last year.

Rajnath Singh said the MHA is studying the comments of Malaysia on the draft MoU on Combating Transnational Crime and hoped it would be signed expeditiously.

Rajnath Singh also hoped that the MoU on Transfer of Sentenced Prisoners will be fast-tracked.

Seeking Kaula Lumpur’s support, the Union Home Minister said that India continues to be concerned about terrorists who plan their terrorist activities from abroad. Recalling the repeated terrorist attacks from across the border with Pakistan including the attack at the Pathankot IAF Station and the attack on CRPF convoy at Pampore, Rajnath Singh said such acts of terrorism, even if perpetrated in our neighbourhood, certainly have broader repercussions since they feed into the larger terrorist activities taking place worldwide through Al Qaeda, ISIS etc.

Expressing satisfaction at the close bilateral security cooperation especially on counter-terrorism,  Rajnath Singh lauded the Malaysian Government for its cooperation over the last few years in apprehending some of the terrorists who are wanted in India.

"We appreciate the close cooperation between our security agencies, particularly the Malaysian Special Branch on Counter-Terrorism which has been working closely with the Intelligence Bureau," he added.

The two sides also discussed the issues such as Extradition Treaty and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN). The visiting delegation presented a copy of the Integrated Rehabilitation Module for Detainees in Malaysia.