Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Wednesday his country had effectively fought the terror threat posed by Jemaah Islamiah, a group with links to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.

"We have showed that when it comes to dealing with this group, we don't compromise," Abdullah told a press conference in Paris.

When asked about the country's struggle against terrorist groups, he replied: "We don't see any more struggle because we have been very effective in the measures that we have undertaken."

"Today Malaysia is politically stable. There is peace and stability and security in Malaysia. The nature of this problem is cross-border - it is not exclusively confined to any particular area," he added.

The Malaysian prime minister, making his first trip to Europe since taking office late last year, was due to meet with French President Jacques Chirac on Thursday, with the global fight against terrorism expected to be on the agenda.

Jemaah Islamiah (JI), which is seen as the Southeast Asian wing of al-Qaeda, has mounted a string of attacks, including the Bali bombings in October 2002 which killed 202 people.

Malaysia is holding dozens of suspected Islamic militants - many of them believed to be JI members - under the tough Internal Security Act, which allows for indefinite detention without trial.