India not immune to ISIS threat, says UAE

Warning that India is not immune to the threat from the Islamic State (ISIS), the UAE, which has deported about a dozen Indians with suspected links to the terror group, said on Monday that its anti-terror cooperation with India is going to get “more institutionalised”.

“There are no grey areas. We need to tackle this (ISIS) threat and nobody is immune. If you think you are immune (and) you are going to be negligent, you are going to be hit. Everybody...Whether India or the UAE,” Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, UAE’s minister of state for foreign affairs said here.

Ahead of the UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan's three-day state visit to India starting Wednesday, Mr Gargash told a television channel in an interview that strengthening bilateral cooperation against terrorism would be an important component of the royal visit.