India has made clear to Pakistan during the visit of President Pervez Musharraf that promotion of cross-border terrorism was unacceptable to it and must cease, External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh said in Agra on Tuesday. Addressing a crowded press conference in a hotel of Agra a day after the collapse of the Indo-Pak Summit, Singh said it was due to the difficulty in "reconciling our basic approaches to bilateral relations."
He expressed disappointment that the two sides could not arrive at an agreed text of the proposed final document.
However, he said despite the failure of the summit, the Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) announced prior to the visit of Musharraf would be fully implemented. "We are of course, disappointed that the two sides could not arrive at an agreed text," he said adding "it will not be a breach of confidentiality to clarify that this was on account of the difficulty in reconciling our basic approaches to bilateral relations."
He said India was convinced that "narrow segmented or unifocal approaches, will simply not work."
Singh said that India`s focus has to "remain on the totality of relationship; our endeavour to build trust and confidence, and a mutually beneficial relationship even as we address and move forward on all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir; building upon the existing compacts of Simla and Lahore" accords. Emphasising that India would pick up the threads from Musharraf`s visit, he said "we will unceasingly endeavour to realise our vision of a relationship of peace, friendship and cooperation with Pakistan". Bureau Report