India and China partnership imp to defeat terrorism: Blair

United States, Great Britain and other western countries can't win the war against terrorism unless they forge a partnership with India and China former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.

United States, Great Britain and other western countries can't win the war against terrorism unless they forge a partnership with India and China former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.

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Addressing students of the prestigious Drew College in New Jersey last week, the former British Prime Minister said countries like the US and Britain – which are leading the global war against terrorism -- should also use a combination of military action and diplomacy with potential aggressors, rather than choose between one means or the other.

He said that the war against terrirism could not be won unless US and Britain partnered with India and China, the two emerging powers of the world.

"I actually favor reaching out and talking to the Iranian leadership, but also telling them it is not OK to acquire a nuclear weapons capability, not now or in the future," Blair said according to a press release issued by the Drew College.

Blair, who is now writing his memoirs, defended his decision to go to war against Saddam Hussein in 2003, the press statement said.

"The initial information on WMD turned out to be in most respects wrong, but I honestly believe the world is better off with Saddam and his two sons out of power," he said in response to a question.

I ask people to respect the sincerity of my decision."

Blair's main theme was that the world has become interdependent, and that problems like the economic crisis and climate change need global solutions.