Interior Ministers from South Asian Regional Association Conference had also discussed ways to strengthen police cooperation and step up real-time intelligence sharing and other means to combat terrorism that has afflicted the region, Pakistani media reported.

The SAARC ministers agreed to consider a proposal forwarded by Pakistan to create an institution similar to Interpol.

Interior Ministers of Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives are attending the conference. Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik presided over the meeting.

Sri Lanka is represented by Interior Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayaka.

Meanwhile, addressing the SAARC Home Ministers’ Conference, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram warned that the South Asian region is faced with a “serious” security situation and India is seeking fullest cooperation from SAARC countries in sharing information on potential terrorists and planned acts of terrorism to create a more secure environment

“The increasing threat of terrorism poses a major challenge to the maintenance of peace and security and adversely affects economic development in our region,” he said.