Terrorism to be most important issue in Krishna-Qureshi meet

Betwa Sharma

New York, Sept 24 (PTI) Terrorism will be the single
most important issue for discussion between External Affairs
Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart during
their meeting here on Sunday.

"Terrorism is the single most important issue from
our side," Krishna told PTI ahead of his meeting with
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the
sidelines of the United Nation General Assembly.

India has been demanding action against the
perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and dismantling of
terror infrastructure in Pakistani soil.

Krishna also said New Delhi was assessing Islamabad's
recent response to its demands related to the Mumbai attacks.

"We are evaluating the various steps that Pakistan
seems to have taken with respect to Mumbai attacks," he said.

Pakistan has arrested seven people and sent out an
alert for 11 more in connection with the attacks.

Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will also meet her
counterpart Salman Bashir before the foreign ministers'
meeting.

The minister said the recent action taken against JuD
chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, was
not satisfactory.

Krishna pointed out that the reason for Saeed's arrest
was not the Mumbai attacks but a hate speech he had made at a
Ramadan dinner criticising Pakistan, India and the United
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