Branding the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a terrorist organisation linked to dreaded groups like Al Qaeda [Images] and the United Liberation Front of Asom in India, Sri Lanka [Images] has urged the global community to join hands in fighting terrorism unitedly.

"Sri Lanka in its battle against terrorism has set examples and its successes has given other democracies hope that terrorism can be fought and overcome," Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said.

"One must be conscious that in taking action against the LTTE, foreign governments are not merely helping Sri Lanka, but they are also acting in their self-interest, for it is well-known that the LTTE has links to other terrorist organisations," the minister pointed out while addressing an 'International Conference on Countering Terrorism' in Colombo on Thursday.

Bogollagama said the LTTE was linked with global terrorist organisations such as United Liberation front of Assam in India, the Afghan Mujahideen, the Kurdish Workers Party and the Al Qaeda.

"It (LTTE) has the ability to contribute to copy-cat terrorism through its suicide bomb technology, acts of maritime terrorism and nascent air strike capability," the foreign minister told the participants at the three-day international seminar.