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India PM Tells Pakistan to Stop 'anti-India Activity'
[An Nahar] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Pakistain Thursday against "anti-India activity" as tensions rise between the nuclear-armed rivals over a deadly attack on Indian soldiers."India has always strived for friendship with its neighboring countries," Singh said in an annual address marking India's 1947 independence from Britannia delivered from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort in New Delhi. "However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... for relations with Pakistain to improve, it is essential they prevent the use of their territory and territory under their control for any anti-India activity", Singh said. The Congress prime minister spoke from a bullet-proof enclosure at the Red Fort, which had been turned into a virtual fortress with tens of thousands of security forces guarding against a possible myrmidon strike. India blamed the killing of five of its soldiers in disputed Kashmire last week on the Pakistain army and the incident has fueled tensions between the neighbors. The Indian leader condemned the attack as "dastardly" and said New Delhi would "take all possible steps to prevent" future such incidents, as intermittent firing continued along the heavily militarized ceasefire line dividing Kashmire. India's army accused Pakistain troops of injuring three Indian soldiers in Thursday's firing between the two armies along the boundary known as the Line of Control, according to the Press Trust of India news agency. Posted by: Fred 2013-08-16 |
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