Russia could convince Pak to stop anti-India terror: PM

Vinay Shukla
Moscow, December 4 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh has said Russia as a "great power" could convince
Pakistan not to use terror against India as an instrument of
state policy, observing that country's conduct ran counter to
a policy of "good neighbourliness."

Ahead of this three-day official visit to Russia starting
Sunday, Singh without naming Pakistan said that India faced an
"onset" of terrorism aided, inspired and instigated by that
country.
"We believe that Russia being a great power can influence
the conduct of Pakistan. Our hope is that Russia's influence
will be utilised to convince Pakistan that the strategy of
using terror as an instrument of state policy is
counter-productive, " Singh said in an interview to the
Russian media on the eve of his visit.
Singh, who will be in Russia on his sixth visit as prime
minister since he assumed office in 2004. said, "We face in
the sub-continent the onset of terrorism aided, inspired and
instigated by our neighbour."
On India's part, Singh said that if Pakistan territory
ceases to be used by terrorists India saw immense
opportunities for the two countries to work together in
cooperation.
"There are immense opportunities of expanding trade,
investment and technology flow between our two countries."
he said.
In the wide-ranging interview before summit talks with
President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin as well as meeting
Premier Vladimir Putin on Monday, Singh covered issues
relating to cooperation in Defence, Civil Nuclear energy,
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