New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The Arab League and heads of missions of Arab states have strongly condemned "cowardly terrorist acts" that killed over 200 people in serial blasts in Mumbai and Srinagar Tuesday and called for "coordinated actions by the international community" to combat terrorism.

"The Arab League strongly condemns such cowardly terrorist acts that unjustifiably harvest the lives of innocent civilians, victims of the crime of terrorism," said Amre Mousa, secretary general of the Arab League in his condolence message to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

"These outrageous acts certainly confirm the urgency of coordinated actions by the international community to combat this perilous phenomenon," Mousa stressed.

India's over 4-million strong diaspora lives in the Middle East region.

The serial blasts in commuter trains in Mumbai Tuesday killed nearly 200 and severely injured hundreds of people. Eight tourists were killed in a separate series of terror attacks in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir.

The blasts have sparked outrage across the world with country after country condemning the blasts in unequivocal terms.

The League of Arab States mission and heads of missions of Arab States, in separate letters to Manmohan Singh, United Progressive Alliance chair Sonia Gandhi, Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed condemned the "barbaric blasts" that claimed the lives of innocent people and expressed solidarity with the victims and the Indian government.

"We express our profound condolences to those who were injured, to the families of the victims and to the people and the government of India," said the letter signed by Rebhi M. Altari, chief representative of Arab States Mission here.