'Hope Pakistan will dismantle terror infrastructure'

Last Updated: Saturday, November 13, 2010, 20:36

Tags: Hope, Pakistan, dismantle, terror, infrastructure, India

New Delhi: With the US speaking about Pakistan's use of terror outfits as a hedge against India, New Delhi on Saturday said it has been "unequivocally" raising the issue of terrorism originating from its neighbourhood and hoped to see "movement" on the part of Islamabad to dismantle this terror infrastructure.

"We have always unequivocally spoken of the challenge of terrorism. Terrorism that originates from our neighbourhood and we have, time and again, called upon our neighbour to dismantle this terror infrastructure," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said.

He was reacting to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks in an interview that "they (Pakistan) have in the past hedged against both India and an unfriendly regime in Afghanistan by supporting groups that will be their proxies in trying to prevent either India or an unfriendly Afghan Government from undermining their position."

Clinton said now things are "changing", but she cannot confirm whether Pakistan has stopped the use of terror against India and Afghanistan.

Referring to the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Thimphu on the sidelines of SAARC Summit in April, Prakash said it was decided that two countries "will be open or willing to do everything possible to enhance mutual trust and discuss all issues of interest or concerns to both sides".

"From our perspective the only matter or only aspect, on which we hope to see movement on the part of Pakistan or Pakistani friends, is on the issue of terrorism."

PTI

First Published: Saturday, November 13, 2010, 20:36

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muslim bhagawat - patna
How can a mother kill her own baby it is quite not understood.Even if whole world invokes pakistan to dismantle infrastructure in pakistn wherein they are flourishing like any thing and pakistan is blackmailing whole world by shoing them as its weapon it is an exercise in futility to ask him.

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Dharam Bahl - USA
It is good to have a positive attitude in life and that is what the Indian government has been doing since 1990, as far as Kashmir is concerned. Hoping against hope that the Pakistani government will initiate an action to dismantle the hide-outs and training camps of all the militant groups in Pakistan especially in the POK area. But as we have seen for the last 20 years, no such action has been taken by the Pakistani government, rather on the contrary, it has been proven time and again that Pakistan government has been abetting, financing, training, planning and monitoring the activities of these militant groups to create a chaotic situation in Kashmir. Recently, the ex President of Pakistan Mr. Musharraf stated in CNN TV interview that till Kashmir issue is settled, Pakistan government will keep supporting these militant groups, so called Mujjahadins, in the POK. What does it tell you? It is very clear that expecting Pakistan to stop training those militants and dismantle the training camps in Pakistan is like searching for a piece of meat in a crow`s nest. EARLIER THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT STOPS THINKING OF PAKISTAN BEING ABLE TO DISMANTLE THESE TRAINING CAMPS AND START WORKING ON THE PROJECT TO DISMANTLE THEM UNILATERALLY, THE BETTER OFF THIS WORLD WILL BE.