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Publication: Rediff on Net
Date: October 27, 2001
URL: http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/oct/27ny12.htm
Admitting that Washington had made
mistakes in its policies on terrorism, United States Ambassador to India
Robert Blackwill said that the war against terrorism had to address the
menace in India. He also said that the issue would be discussed during
the Vajpayee-Bush meeting in Washington next month.
"As this war goes on, it will have
to address terrorism in India. So I think that's quite explicit and I think
both leaders will be discussing that during the prime minister's visit,"
Blackwill said in an interview to Zee News.
Asked why it took the September
11 attacks for America to understand India's concerns on terrorism, Blackwill
said, "Every country feels its own terrorist attacks most acutely," added,
"the US made some mistakes in its terrorist policies."
To a question if Pakistan could
be trusted, he said President Pervez Musharraf was making "significant
contributions" in the war against terrorism, but "nothing will occur" between
Washington and Islamabad that threatens India, according to a channel release.
On being asked if the US believed
that Pakistan harbours and trains terrorists, Blackwill said the global
war against terrorism "will reach every country that harbours terrorists,
it will reach every terrorist organisation, it will reach every country
that promotes terrorism and there will be no exceptions".
On America's role in a post-Taleban
regime in Afghanistan, Blackwill said the US was trying to promote a government,
which was broad-based and takes into account views across the country.
PTI
