As terrorism spreads its wings across the globe and threatens stability in Asia, France has favoured a combination of actions to fight the "horrible scourge" and emphasised on close cooperation between its intelligence agencies and their Indian counterparts.

"We all are concerned with international terrorism. We all believe that it is a horrible scourge that nothing can justify. But a fact is that the threats can be addressed only by combination of actions," French Ambassador to India Jerome Bonnafont told PTI.

Bonnafont pointed out that France shares with India a strategic partnership that involves cooperation between the two countries in every field possible. "Besides, we have a very intense cooperation for the fight against terrorism -- the exchange of intelligence, exchange of manpower and exchange of technologies".

The French diplomat said combination of actions requires sharing of political knowledge and intelligence to have maximum access to information about preparation of terrorist attacks.

It also calls for sharing the technologies for preemptive action