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India Uses Terror Card To Counter Pakistan At UNGA
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 29, 2010 (AFP) - India's foreign minister said Wednesday that Pakistan-sponsored attacks in Kashmir are underpinning a "trust deficit" that is holding up efforts to improve relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
S.M. Krishna told the UN General Assembly that India shares international concerns about "the growth and consolidation of militancy and terrorism in Pakistan."
The Indian minister spoke one day after his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi expressed "grave concern" to the assembly about events in Indian Kashmir, the bitterest source of tensions between the two rivals.
Krishna said that Jammu and Kashmir "is the target of such Pakistan-sponsored militancy and terrorism.
"Pakistan must fulfill its solemn commitment of not allowing territory under its control to be used for terrorism directed against India," the minister declared.
"Pakistan cannot impart lessons to us on democracy and human rights. If, however, Pakistan were to live up to its commitment not to allow use of its soil by terrorists acting against India this would significantly help reduce the trust deficit that impedes the development of better bilateral relations."
India has an estimated 500,000 troops in Kashmir, which is split into Indian- and Pakistani-administered parts. There has been a separatist insurgency in the Indian zone for 20 years.
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 29, 2010 (AFP) - India's foreign minister said Wednesday that Pakistan-sponsored attacks in Kashmir are underpinning a "trust deficit" that is holding up efforts to improve relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
S.M. Krishna told the UN General Assembly that India shares international concerns about "the growth and consolidation of militancy and terrorism in Pakistan."
The Indian minister spoke one day after his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi expressed "grave concern" to the assembly about events in Indian Kashmir, the bitterest source of tensions between the two rivals.
Krishna said that Jammu and Kashmir "is the target of such Pakistan-sponsored militancy and terrorism.
"Pakistan must fulfill its solemn commitment of not allowing territory under its control to be used for terrorism directed against India," the minister declared.
"Pakistan cannot impart lessons to us on democracy and human rights. If, however, Pakistan were to live up to its commitment not to allow use of its soil by terrorists acting against India this would significantly help reduce the trust deficit that impedes the development of better bilateral relations."
India has an estimated 500,000 troops in Kashmir, which is split into Indian- and Pakistani-administered parts. There has been a separatist insurgency in the Indian zone for 20 years.