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Tue, 06/29/2010 - 22:22
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PM hopeful about change in Pak`s attitude on terrorism

V S Chandrasekar
On Board PM's Special Aircraft, Jun 29 (PTI) Indian
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said he is hopeful of a
change in Pakistan's attitude on tackling terrorism emanating
from its soil against India but one has to wait and watch.
"The Home Minister (P Chidambaram) was in Pakistan
last week. You must have read what he has stated. I think
there is some hope. As I have said in dealing with Pakistan
our attitude has to be - trust - trust but verify. So only
time will tell which way the animal will turn," Singh told
reporters accompanying him on his way back home after
attending the G-20 Summit in Toronto.
Prime Minister was replying to a question that while
he was working hard on making peace with Pakistan, how India
proposes to go ahead in case of another 26/11 type attack.
Singh had yesterday pressed US President Barack Obama
to convince Pakistan to take strong action against terrorists
involved in anti-India activities in that country following
disclosures made by LeT operative David Headley.
Singh, who met Obama on the sidelines of the G-20
Summit, briefed him about the peace initiatives with Pakistan
but made it clear that Islamabad should abide by its
commitment of not to allow terrorism emanating from its soil
directed against India.
The activities of Headley came up for discussion in
the light of information coming out of Pakistani-American LeT
operative after his interrogation by Indian investigators.
Chidambaram had last week met his Pakistani
counterpart Rehman Malik and pressed for prosecution of more
people involved in the 26/11 attacks.
India and Pakistan had in April decided to resume
talks at the Foreign Secretaries and Foreign Ministers level
after a gap of 18 months. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao was
in Islamabad last week and External Affairs Minister S M
Krishna will travel to Pakistan on July 15 to meet his
counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
India had put the Composite Dialogue process on hold
after the Mumbai attacks, blamed on the Pakistan-based
Lashkar-e-Taiba. PTI

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