Ahmad Abdullah Ravian
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NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Pakistans attitude towards tackling terrorism has altered, a concrete development that India should take note of, Indian Foreign Secretary has said.
For the first time, the Indian government has admitted, that its policy of not engaging with Pakistan - post 26/11 - may have been wrong. Outgoing Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao in an interview with Karan Thapan on Devils Advocate over an Indian TV channel on Sunday said New Delhis new approach towards Pakistan is more realistic. Asked that the Indian government has now decided that it can no longer refuse talks, needs to engage with Pakistan in the hope that engagement will produce results, Rao said it is a very realistic approach in dealing problems with Pakistan.
I think the decision to re-engage with Pakistan and to talk about the issues that divide us, that created a gulf between us that reduce the trust deficit as the two Prime Ministers said, is a very realistic approach in dealing problems with Pakistan.
Pakistans attitude towards tackling terrorism has altered, a concrete development that India should take note of, Rao said. I think the prism through which they see this issue has definitely been altered, Rao said. She was replying to a question on whether India saw a change in Pakistans attitude towards terrorism during the recently concluded foreign secretary-level talks. Asked whether it was a positive development, Rao said it was an outcome that India must take note of. I think when they speak of the fact that non-state elements in this relationship need to be tackled, that we must look at safe havens and sanctuaries, that we must look at fake currency, we must look at all the aspects that are concerned with the business of terror, I think that is a concrete development, she said.
Noting that India has had sustained dialogue with Pakistan on the 26/11 issue, the Foreign Secretary said concrete results seem to be very far off. We have not seen anything actually happening on the Mumbai trial and that is the point of great concern to us. But let me ask you a question. Does it mean that dialogue is not an option that we should pursue with Pakistan? she said.
For the first time, the Indian government has admitted, that its policy of not engaging with Pakistan - post 26/11 - may have been wrong. Outgoing Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao in an interview with Karan Thapan on Devils Advocate over an Indian TV channel on Sunday said New Delhis new approach towards Pakistan is more realistic. Asked that the Indian government has now decided that it can no longer refuse talks, needs to engage with Pakistan in the hope that engagement will produce results, Rao said it is a very realistic approach in dealing problems with Pakistan.
I think the decision to re-engage with Pakistan and to talk about the issues that divide us, that created a gulf between us that reduce the trust deficit as the two Prime Ministers said, is a very realistic approach in dealing problems with Pakistan.
Pakistans attitude towards tackling terrorism has altered, a concrete development that India should take note of, Rao said. I think the prism through which they see this issue has definitely been altered, Rao said. She was replying to a question on whether India saw a change in Pakistans attitude towards terrorism during the recently concluded foreign secretary-level talks. Asked whether it was a positive development, Rao said it was an outcome that India must take note of. I think when they speak of the fact that non-state elements in this relationship need to be tackled, that we must look at safe havens and sanctuaries, that we must look at fake currency, we must look at all the aspects that are concerned with the business of terror, I think that is a concrete development, she said.
Noting that India has had sustained dialogue with Pakistan on the 26/11 issue, the Foreign Secretary said concrete results seem to be very far off. We have not seen anything actually happening on the Mumbai trial and that is the point of great concern to us. But let me ask you a question. Does it mean that dialogue is not an option that we should pursue with Pakistan? she said.
