At the receiving end of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism, India and Israel have decided to exchange extensive notes on strengthening internal security. During his visit to Israel next month, home minister L.K. Advani and the officials accompanying him will hold talks on cooperating with the West Asian country's internal intelligence agency, Shin Bet, and its external secret service, the Institute of Special Operations and Intelligence - popularly called Mossad. Later, when he goes to London, the home minister will hold similar discussions with British home secretary Jack Straw on receiving assistance from the country's security services - MI-5 and MI-6 and Metropolitan Police and Scotland Yard. Advani will also visit France during his 11-day foreign tour. Advani will be the first Indian home minister to visit Israel. He will spend five days in the West Asian country, which, in his words, has 'developed expertise in the field of counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence'. The minister will be accompanied to all three countries by home secretary Kamal Pande, Intelligence Bureau director Shyamal Dutta and CBI chief R.K. Raghavan. The home minister was speaking to reporters on his special aircraft while returning from Goa, where he inaugurated the Padre Conceicao College of Engineering at Agnel Ashram in Verna village. Though India will take tips on 'some of the finer aspects of intelligence gathering from the Israelis', the thrust of his visit would be on seeking cooperation from the Ehud Barak government on fighting Islamic terrorism in the sub-continent. In return, India will share information with Tel Aviv on Islamic terrorists and organisations. 'It may be a small country encircled by Islamic terrorism and it has and continues to fight the menace throughout the world,' Advani said. The formal signing of treaties of mutual assistance will take place later, during foreign minister Jaswant Singh's proposed visit in June or early July. Advani, who has years of association with Jewish communities throughout the world, had been to Israel in 1994 when he was leader of Opposition. At that time he had rekindled friendship with two classmates who studied with him in St Patrick's School, Karachi, in undivided India. 'Time permitting, I may look them up,' he said. At Lyons in France, the home minister will meet senior Interpol officers and impress upon them that Delhi could do with tips from the organisation on international crimes and criminal syndicates. He will also thrash out details on how Interpol could expedite the process of executing red corner notices. With the government proposing to categorise certain crimes as 'federal', Advani will expect to pick up tips from Interpol on how such crimes could be tackled. The last leg of the home minister's visit will be London where he will arrive by the Eurostar from Paris. Apart from his discussions with Straw, Advani will meet the chief of the Special Airborne Services (SAS), the elite anti-terrorist force engaged in Northern Ireland. India has its own National Security Guard (NSG), but Advani is a proponent of a specialised anti-terrorist force which can function exclusively in areas like Jammu and Kashmir.