Author: Express News Service
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: July 10, 2009
A day after Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari
made the startling confession on "creating and nurturing" terrorists,
India said its stand has been 'vindicated". New Delhi said it is for
Pakistan to "expose" and "take action" against the "conspiracies
and conspirators" responsible for terrorist attacks originating out of
its soil against India.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told
Parliament on Thursday, "As regards Pakistan, we have some sort of confession
from the highest authority in Pakistan…To that extent, India's stand
has been vindicated. All along India has maintained that Pakistani soil is
being used to launch attacks on Indian territories... I hope, hereafter, Pakistan
will make a determined bid to curb terrorism... Otherwise, it might itself
become a victim of those very forces which have found support from the Pakistani
state. The terror infrastructure in Pakistan has to be dismantled.
Making a suo motu statement in Both Houses, Krishna said, "It is the
responsibility of the Government of Pakistan to take all such steps as are
necessary to address this issue and expose and take action against the conspiracies
and conspirators responsible for such attacks. Unfortunately, terrorists in
Pakistan continue attacks against India."
Recalling PM's remarks, he said India recognises
the "importance and salience" of a continued dialogue with Pakistan,
but the dialogue addressing mutual concerns is premised on an atmosphere free
of the threat of violence.
Earlier in the day, while briefing about the
NAM summit in Egypt MEA's Special Secretary (international organisations)
Vivek Katju said there will be a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
and his Pakistan counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the summit
at Sharm elSheikh in Egypt However, he refused to divulge the dates of the
meeting, nor did he divulge the date of meetings between the foreign secretaries
of the two countries.
Later, Krishna told Parliament that the foreign
secretaries of India and Pakistan will discuss what Pakistan is doing and
can do to prevent terrorism from Pakistan against India and to bring to justice
those responsible for terror attacks.
