"Our neighbourhood provides the biggest infrastructure for perpetrating terrorism, religious extremism and drug trafficking the world over.

"We have, therefore, a profound interest in controlling these dangerous forces for the benefit of the international community, as well as for ensuring our internal security," Singh said in an interview to Russian media on the eve of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India.

The prime minister also talked about Indo-Russian cooperation in the field of nuclear energy, increasing bilateral trade volume as also India's relations with Pakistan.

He said despite the threat of cross-border terrorism, the dialogue process between India and Pakistan were moving on the "right track."

"We intend to maintain our efforts to improve our ties with our neighbour Pakistan," the prime minister said.

The prime minister said it was important that "...an environment of trust and confidence is created and the constituency of peace is expanded which is integral to the process of building friendly relations."

He said despite the threat of terrorism across the border, "...we are moving ahead in the right direction".

Asked whether Russia could help in resolving Indo-Pak disputes, Singh said, "While India values Russia as a trusted friend, we are confident that all the issues between India and Pakistan can be resolved bilaterally in a spirit of goodwill and friendship."

In reply to a question, he said India would like to expand its cooperation in the nuclear energy field as it has major plans to increase the share of nuclear power in its energy mix. "Russian nuclear power technology is internationally competitive.

Since we have major plans to increase the share of nuclear power in our energy mix, there are concrete opportunities for cooperation in this area. We would also like this cooperation to expand in years to come," he said.