INDO-PAK 2

While offering Foreign Secretary-level talks as an
"incremental step", India has made it clear that there cannot
be any "meaningful dialogue" or "normalisation" of relations
until its prime concern of cross-border terrorism is addressed
by Pakistan.

Rejecting Pakistan's contention that it would not be able
to prevent a repeat of 26/11, the sources said that if such an
incident takes place again, there will be a "huge setback" to
the efforts to normalise relations.
Sources here underlined that meaningful dialogue cannot
take place in an environment of terror or even the threat of
terror and put the onus on Pakistan government to address
these issues.
"Pakistan must take all necessary steps to prevent any
incident like Mumbai attacks," the sources said.
In this regard, India highlights its concern over the
February 4 joint public meeting in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
of various terror groups, which was addressed by Hafiz Saeed,
chief of banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah and talked about jihad against
India.
India's disappointment over Pakistan's inaction over the
public provocative speeches will be put across the Foreign
Secretary talks.
India emphasises that the Pakistan government cannot
throw its hands up on this and those "in-charge" or "taking
decisions" in Pakistan will have to think about these aspects.
"But we need to talk to each other, rather than at each
other," the sources said. However, for any meaningful talks,
Pakistan "will have to be conscious and sensitive" to India's
concerns and crack down on terror groups and individuals.
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