No pre-condition but Pak must curb terror groups: PM

Srinagar, Oct 29 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh Thursday said there were no no pre-conditions for talks
with Pakistan but they cannot make headway unless there is
"effective control" of the terror groups operating in that
country.

Winding up his two-day visit to the Kashmir valley,
he also voiced the hope that separatists and others would
reciprocate his appeal for a dialogue with all sections of the
people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Asked at a press conference here whether his statement
Wednesday that Pakistan should destroy terror camps will be a
pre-condition for talks, Singh said "it is not not a
pre-condition.
"But there is a practical way of looking at (things).
Negotiations can't make headway unless Pakistan brings under
effective control these terror groups."
He said India is a democracy and if day and day out
terrorists continue attack and take the precious lives "we
cannot create an atmosphere for negotiations".
"Negotiations can't make headway unless Pakistan
brings under control the terrorist elements which aid and abet
terrorism in India," the Prime Minister.
He also made it clear that Pakistan's actions against
those believed to be behind the Mumbai attacks were not
satisfactory and expressed the hope that Islamabad would bring
all the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks to justice. (More)PTI
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