PM meets Zardari, asks him to act against terror

Ajay Kaul

Yekaterinburg (Russia), Jun 16 (PTI) In the first
top-level contact since the Mumbai terror attacks, India's
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday met President Asif Ali
Zardari here during which he is understood to have made it
clear that Pakistan should take concrete action against
terrorism directed against India.

Singh, who arrived here on a three-day visit, met
Zardari on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) summit.

Ahead of their meeting, the two leaders shook hands
when they came face-to-face after posing for a group photo
with leaders of other SCO member nations -- Russia, China,
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. India,
Pakistan and Iran are among the nations who have observer
status in SCO.

During his meeting with Zardari, Singh is understood
to have conveyed India's "unhappiness" over Pakistan's
inaction against terrorism directed against India.

The Prime Minister is also understood to have
expressed disappointment over the release of the Jamat-ud-Dawa
(JuD) chief Hafeez Mohammed Saeed, who is believed to be one
of those who had masterminded the 26/11 attacks.

The meeting was sought by Pakistan when its High
Commissioner in New Delhi Shahid Malik met Foreign Secretary
Shivshankar Menon last week. PTI