New Delhi, July 26: Outgoing US ambassador Robert Blackwill tonight said that terrorists were still coming across the Line of Control and made it clear to Pakistan that there would be "consequences" if promises made to President George W Bush on permanently ending terrorism are not honoured. "The problems persists. There are still terrorists coming across the LoC," Blackwill said in a programme at a private TV channel.

"Of course, there are consequences" if promises made to the US President are not fulfilled. "We are working hard to make this point," he said.

"Promises made to the president of the us ought to be kept," Blackwill, who leaves this month-end after his two-year tenure, has said.

The American envoy also stressed that India and Pakistan should talk "seriously" about their nuclear weapons programme and have transparent confidence building measures.
"It has an urgency. It has such potentially catastrophic consequences. Chances are small but they are not zero in the event of a major conventional conflict of nuclear weapons being used. If nuclear weapons are used in South Asia, it will change the world," he said.


Bureau Report