Moscow, Feb 18: Ahead of external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha`s Moscow visit, Russia today asked Pakistan to stop cross-border terrorism against India and disband terrorist infrastructure on Pak soil.
"Islamabad must fulfil all its obligations on putting an end to cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as disband the terrorist infrastructure, to help create the required preconditions for resumption of a peace dialogue between the two countries," Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko said, on the eve of Sinha`s arrival for a two-day visit.
Yakovenko noted that particular attention will be paid to the situation in South Asia in the context of the need to de-escalate the tensions in Indo-Pak relations during Sinha`s Moscow talks.
Sinha is the first senior Indian leader to visit Russia after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf`s talks with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this month.
Yakovenko`s statement reflects Kremlin`s disappointment at the talks with Pakistani leader, who denied that Islamabad was abetting anti-India terrorism across the LoC in J&K.