Pak not dismantling terror group won't hit talks: Antony

New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) India Thursday said its Foreign
Secretary-level talks with Pakistan will "not be affected"
despite increased infiltration by militants from across the
border or the neighbouring nation failing to dismantle terror
groups operating from its soil.

Defence Minister of India A K Antony, however, said
Pakistan had taken "some action" against the terrorists
responsible for the 26/11 Mumbai attacks as per India's wishes
and that was why India had taken a conscious decision to go
ahead with the dialogue.
"It (infiltration and failure to dismantle terror groups)
won't affect our dialogue or the scheduled meeting at the
foreign secretaries level," Antony told reporters here on the
sidelines of an Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses
(IDSA) Conference on Asian Security.
"It is not sudden talks. We have been watching what action
Pakistan has been taking (against terror groups responsible
for Mumbai attacks). Even though we are not fully satisfied on
the action taken by Pakistan, we feel they have taken some
action as per our wish. So it is a positive development. So we
decided to initiate talks," he said.
He was responding to queries if the composite dialogue
would be affected due to infiltration and terror groups still
operating from Pakistani soil, and if there was any pressure
on India to hold the talks.
"India has taken a conscious decision after seeing some
signs from Pakistan to take action (against terrorists).
That's why the talks were initiated by our side," he added.
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