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Pak asked not to do anything which affects peace process
New Delhi, July 29: India today took strong exception to `preposterous` Pakistani allegations of threats from Indian consulates in Afghanistan and asked Islamabad to desist from doing anything that would affect the peace process.
New Delhi, July 29: India today took strong exception to "preposterous" Pakistani allegations of threats from Indian consulates in Afghanistan and asked Islamabad to desist from doing anything that would affect the peace process.
Pakistan's acting high commissioner Munawar Saeed Bhatti was called to the External Affairs Ministry and told that "such persistent Pakistani allegations in an atmosphere
already full of violence and terrorism threaten the security of our missions (in Afghanistan) and its personnel," External Affairs Ministry spokesman told reporters.
Bhatti's attention was drawn to recurring propagandistic articles in the Pakistani media as well as comments of Pakistani officials and leaders targeting the Indian consulates general in Afghanistan, particularly those in Kandahar and Jalalabad.
He was asked about the "baseless" comments of the Pakistan foreign office spokesman on July 26 claiming that there was threat from Indian diplomatic missions in Afghanistan and that Islamabad needed to counter it. "Even Afghan officials and ministers, including their interior minister, had been constrained to publicly reject these preposterous allegations levelled by Pakistan," the spokesman said.
He said Pakistan was asked to take into account the spirit of the initiative of our Prime Minister, extending once again the hand of friendship to Pakistan and "desist from any comments or actions that go contrary to the objective of setting in motion positive trends in our bilateral relationship."
Bureau Report
Bhatti's attention was drawn to recurring propagandistic articles in the Pakistani media as well as comments of Pakistani officials and leaders targeting the Indian consulates general in Afghanistan, particularly those in Kandahar and Jalalabad.
He was asked about the "baseless" comments of the Pakistan foreign office spokesman on July 26 claiming that there was threat from Indian diplomatic missions in Afghanistan and that Islamabad needed to counter it. "Even Afghan officials and ministers, including their interior minister, had been constrained to publicly reject these preposterous allegations levelled by Pakistan," the spokesman said.
He said Pakistan was asked to take into account the spirit of the initiative of our Prime Minister, extending once again the hand of friendship to Pakistan and "desist from any comments or actions that go contrary to the objective of setting in motion positive trends in our bilateral relationship."
Bureau Report