Speaking after an informal meeting here of the army chiefs of Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Indonesia's General Endriartono Sutarto said terrorism had topped the agenda along with regional military cooperation.

"Terrorism was also discussed. Incidents such as that in Russia should not take place," Sutarto told journalists after receiving the visiting heads of ASEAN armies gathering here for an annual meeting.

At least 335 people, mainly children, were killed Friday when armed insurgents seized a school in the southern Russian republic of North Ossetia.

Sutarto was quoted by the Detikcom online news service saying that ASEAN nations needed to focus on putting an end to the training of terrorists in certain countries for attacks on others.

Southeast Asia has witnessed its share of deadly terrorist assaults in recent years, culminating in the October 2002 attacks on Bali nightclubs in which 202 people died.

Several of those involved in the Bali blasts are believed to have trained in Muslim militant training camps in the southern Philippines run by the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah regional terror network.

Jemaah Islamiyah has been blamed for a string of deadly attacks across Southeast Asia, including Bali.

Indonesian army chief General Ryamizard Ryacudu, speaking separately, added that "our strongest enemies now are terrorists."

All army chiefs from the 10 member countries of ASEAN are currently holding a closed meeting here as part of an annual consultation process.

ASEAN groups, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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