Thiruvananthapuram: Pakistan continues to
push in trained terrorists from a large number of terror camps
across the border into India, Defence Minister A K Antony said
today.
This was a matter of serious concern and steps are being
taken to check this, he told reporters here.
"Even now, not only the terrorist camps are operating
there, (but) there is continuous efforts to push a large
number of trained terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir and India.
"It is a serious matter, it is a matter of concern to us.
So to prevent that, whatever steps (are) needed we are
taking," Antony said.
He said it would be difficult to improve ties with
Pakistan unless it made "serious" and "sincere" efforts to
dismantle the large number of terror camps on its soil.
The terrorist camps operating from Pakistan was the main
impediment to improve India-Pakistan relations, Antony said.
As a policy, he said India was not for any confrontation
with its neighbours. "We want to avoid strained relationships
with our neighbours and to improve ties."
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, November 02, 2009, 19:11