New Delhi, March 18 -- Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday that there is "no future for any separatism" and stressed that the people who might be unhappy with the status quo should work within the system instead of engaging in divisive and politically violent activities against India.

On Khalistani extremism and anti-India activities in Australia, Abbott said, "Well, plainly there is no future for any separatism. I think that people who might be unhappy with the status quo should work within the system to make it better rather than engaging in divisive and at times potentially violent activities against the modern democratic pluralist India."

In an interview with ANI, Tony Abbott said he wants the ties between I...