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| India says Pakistan must drop 'terror' for friendly ties |
| 2010-12-21 |
| [Dawn] India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that friendly ties with Pakistain can only come when Islamabad ensures its soil is not used for "terrorist" activities against Indian targets. "We want friendly relations with Pakistain. But we know this will be possible only when our neighbour will see to it that its territory is not used for terrorist activities against us," Singh told a ruling Congress party meeting. India is still pressing Pakistain to bring to justice the alleged criminal masterminds of the attacks in which 10 gunnies attacked a host of targets including luxury hotels, a Jewish centre and a train station. Nine of the gunnies were killed and the sole survivor was condemned to death by a Mumbai court in May. Singh's remarks came as the Congress party passed a resolution that called on Pakistain to "deliver with sincerity on its assurances to dismantle terror outfits." Singh also said there was "great potential for working together with China, especially in economic matters." Speaking on the heels of last week's visit by his Chinese counterpart to New Delhi, the prime minister said India has "some outstanding issues with them (the Chinese) which we hope to resolve in an atmosphere of friendship." Last week, Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao agreed to double bilateral trade to 100 billion dollars by 2015. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 And why would Pakistain do this exactly? Without outside enemies and conspiracies, they would have to focus on the actual internal causes of their problems being a modern country. Without a target for their pet jihadis, they run the risk of being "It" in the next round of Who Is An Infidel Now? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-12-21 00:52 |