India, June 26 -- Qingdao: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh called for united and decisive action against terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in the possession of non-state actors and terrorist groups during his address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers' Meeting in China's Qingdao this week.

He underlined that peace and prosperity cannot co-exist with terror and highlighted radicalisation, extremism, and a growing trust deficit as the foremost challenges facing the region.

"I believe that the biggest challenges that we are facing in our region are related to peace, security, and trust deficit. And the root cause of these problems is increasing radicalization, extremism and terroris...