Pak eroded fundamental premise of composite dialogue: India

New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) India has strongly castigated
Pakistan for eroding the "fundamental premise" of the
composite dialogue, saying that the action taken by Islamabad
to curb terrorism emanating from its soil "has been
disappointing".

Noting that some achievements were made "in segments" in
2004 following commitments by Pakistan that it would not
"permit territory under its control to be used to support
terrorism in any form", India said, however, terrorism and
non-implementation of its commitment has "eroded the
fundamental premise of the dialogue process."

"Terrorist attacks in India and on the Indian embassy in
Kabul in July 2008, increase in ceasefire violations and
continued infiltration across the LoC placed a strain on the
dialogue process in particular and Indo-Pak relations in
general," the Ministry of External Affairs said in its annual
report 2008-09.

It said, "The terrorist attack on Mumbai on 26 November
2008 and concrete evidence of the involvement of elements in
Pakistan in the attack led to a pause in the dialogue
process."

"Despite the developments and despite high-level
statements from Pakistan promising cooperation regarding the
Mumbai attack, in terms of actual action taken the response
has been disappointing. As a result, there has been a sharp
deterioration in bilateral relations," the Ministry report
said.

The External Affairs Ministry said Pakistani authorities
admitted that elements there were involved in the terrorist
attacks on Mumbai.

It said India also provided detailed responses and
material to Pakistan on the Mumbai attacks.

India took several steps both bilaterally and at
international fora to obtain Pakistan's cooperation in
bringing the perpetrators based there to justice and to ensure
that such acts do not recur, it said adding as a result, the
UN listed individual entities including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
and Jamat-ud-Daawa (JuD) as terror groups. PTI PYK
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