No talks with Pak till steps are taken against terror:Krishna

New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) India Friday ruled out resumption
of dialogue with Pakistan until it takes "concrete measures"
to prevent terrorism directed against this country.

"Not unless they (Pakistan) take concrete measures to
prevent terrorist attacks emanating from the soil of Pakistan
aimed against India," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna
told reporters when asked whether there was any move to resume
dialogue with Islamabad.

His assertion puts at rest speculation that moves were
underway to resume dialogue with Pakistan in the near future.

Referring to the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz
Mohd Saeed, Krishna said "that only shows that Pakistan is not
serious about terror and all that terror spells out."

On the US advisory cautioning its citizens with regard to
travel in India, he said, Home Minister P Chidambaram has
already spoken about it that India is a very safe country to
travel.

"If there are any concerns of particular countries we are
willing to address these concerns," the External Affairs
Minister said.

The US advisory has said that India faces "high threat"
from terrorism and Americans should be vigilant in this
country.

On US President Barack Obama's speech yesterday in Cairo,
Krishna said, "We will have to wait and watch. He has made a
broad appeal. It was a reconciliatory speech and we will have
to watch the reaction from the Islamic world."

Obama, while trying to reach out to 1.5 billion Muslims
across the globe, had talked about a "new beginning" between
the US and the Islamic world based on "mutual respect". PTI
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