Krishna`s remarks "immature": Pakistan

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jan 23 (PTI) Doing away with diplomatic
niceties, Pakistan has dubbed as "immature" Indian External
Affairs Minister S M Krishna's reported remarks that any
future terror attack on India could impact bilateral ties.
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit claimed
that the Mumbai attacks would not have happened without local
support and that Krishna should "understand the realities" and
avoid such statements.
It is "an immature statement", Basit said while reacting
to Krishna's remarks carried by a magazine that "any repeat of
such (26/11 type of) attacks will have serious repercussions
on bilateral ties."
Krishna's reported remarks came in response to Pakistan
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's statement that his country
could not guarantee that there would be no further attacks in
India.
Earlier, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates had said
India's patience would be "limited" if a 26/11-type attack was
repeated.
Basit insisted that no country has been "as sincere as
Pakistan" in the fight against terrorism as it was a "real
victim" of the menace.
Pakistan would not be scared by any threat, the
spokesman was quoted as saying by state-run APP news agency.
He claimed that Pakistan had extended all cooperation
but India's response has been "lethargic" and "not positive".
The "deadlock between the two countries would only be
beneficial for non-state actors," he said, adding both
countries are nuclear powers and "to think about war is equal
to suicide". PTI