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Help Pak fight terror, Clinton tells India
July 18, 2009
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday urged India to join Washington in backing Pakistans fight against terrorism, but New Delhi has demanded results before it begins formal peace talks with its rival.
Clinton was due to arrive in Mumbai late on Friday to start a five-day visit designed to cement ties and dispel any doubts about US President Barack Obamas commitment to Indias role as a rising global power.
Although her trip has a wide agenda, including securing a deal to ensure US arms technology does not leak to other countries, Clinton is expected to push for a smoothing of Indo-Pakistani ties frayed by last years Mumbai attacks.
Clinton, in an opinion piece published in the Times of India newspaper on Friday, wrote that both India and the United States had experienced searing terrorist attacks.
We both seek a more secure world for our citizens. We should intensify our defence and law enforcement cooperation to that end. And we should encourage Pakistan as that nation confronts the challenge of violent extremism, she wrote.
Singh said the agreement with Gilani had not diluted Indias position that Pakistan must stop militant groups using its territory to carry out attacks on Indian soil as a precondition for resuming peace talks.
It only strengthens our stand that we wouldnt like Pakistan to wait for the resumption of the composite dialogue ... but take action against terrorist elements regardless of these processes that may lead to resumption, Singh told parliament on Friday. reuters
July 18, 2009
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday urged India to join Washington in backing Pakistans fight against terrorism, but New Delhi has demanded results before it begins formal peace talks with its rival.
Clinton was due to arrive in Mumbai late on Friday to start a five-day visit designed to cement ties and dispel any doubts about US President Barack Obamas commitment to Indias role as a rising global power.
Although her trip has a wide agenda, including securing a deal to ensure US arms technology does not leak to other countries, Clinton is expected to push for a smoothing of Indo-Pakistani ties frayed by last years Mumbai attacks.
Clinton, in an opinion piece published in the Times of India newspaper on Friday, wrote that both India and the United States had experienced searing terrorist attacks.
We both seek a more secure world for our citizens. We should intensify our defence and law enforcement cooperation to that end. And we should encourage Pakistan as that nation confronts the challenge of violent extremism, she wrote.
Singh said the agreement with Gilani had not diluted Indias position that Pakistan must stop militant groups using its territory to carry out attacks on Indian soil as a precondition for resuming peace talks.
It only strengthens our stand that we wouldnt like Pakistan to wait for the resumption of the composite dialogue ... but take action against terrorist elements regardless of these processes that may lead to resumption, Singh told parliament on Friday. reuters
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