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| Hand over Mumbai suspects: Singh |
| 2009-01-04 |
| Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh asked Pakistan on Saturday to hand over the suspected perpetrators of last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai so that they could be tried in India. Talking to reporters in the northeastern city of Shilong, Singh said his country would root out terrorism using 'any means'. "War is no solution to the problems," the Indian prime minister said. "We sincerely hope that better sense will prevail with Pakistan because this is an area where there is a need for maximum possible cooperation between our two countries." Singh said the biggest challenges before India was the "menace of terrorism and Naxalism" and the global economic slowdown. Bangladesh: Calling Bangladesh another emerging terror front, Singh said Indian militants from the Northeastern states continue to operate out of bases in the neighbouring country. "The porous border that India shares with Bangladesh is a matter of concern for us as infiltration and cross-border terrorism does take place. We need to accelerate fencing and discuss this issue in next week's meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security," the he said. Asked whether his government was open to talks with banned militant outfits, Singh said, "All insurgent groups must recognise that the only course open to them is to lay down arms." |
| Posted by:Fred |