New Delhi, Sep 24 - India Thursday said there was no security threat of any sort to 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi next year and all participants, irrespective of their countries, would get same level of security.
'To the best of our knowledge, there is no specific threat to the Commonwealth Games,' Home Secretary G.K. Pillai told mediapersons after the conclusion of the two day international security liaison conference here.
Around 76 delegates comprising security professionals and representatives from high commissions of 26 Commonwealth countries like Australia, Britain, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Kenya, Nigeria and Singapore, among others, were briefed about security and traffic related arrangements to be put in place during the games. The delegations were also shown around the venues of the games.
Pillai said all delegates were 'impressed' with the professional nature of presentations and suggested few things.
'There were ten major issues that came out of the deliberations. The most important was the management of public perception of threat to the Commonwealth Games. Other included appointment of nodal officers for co-ordination. It was also decided that all countries would share their threat perceptions with each other,' he said.