New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the issue of Khalistani extremists, and British PM Keir Starmer, said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Thursday.

"Khalistani extremist issue was discussed during the meeting held today between PM Modi and PM Starmer," Misri said at a press conference on Thursday.

He "PM emphasised that radicalism and violent extremism had no space in democratic societies and should not be allowed to use or abuse the freedoms provided by societies, and there was a need to move against them in the legal framework available on both sides," he said.

PM Modi and Starmer also discussed the situation in West Asia and the war in Ukraine.

"The prime minister and I also discussed the need for a just a...