Terrorists are criminals, should be extradited: Medvedev

New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) Russia on Tuesday said a modern,
civilised state cannot hide terrorists and should extradite
them if it is interested in cooperating in the fight against
terrorism.
Addressing a press conference after talks with Indian
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev said "terrorists are criminals ... they should be
extradited to be punished. Those who hide terrorists conceal
criminals."
He was replying to a question on how Russia looked at
safe-havens of terror operations in the region and how it can
expand cooperation with India in dealing with this menace.
"We understand that the extradition process is quite
complicated but it is important that international cooperation
in this field should be in place between all those interested
in fight against terrorism," Medvedev said.
"I believe that no modern civilised state can hide
terrorists as law abiding citizens and cannot proceed on the
assumption that they will change," he said.
"They are subject to punishment for the evils they have
committed. To extradite them we need legal, bilateral
frameworks, bilateral agreements between two countries. Once
they are in place they should be applied between countries,
including countries in this region," the Russian president
said. PTI