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Pakistan must act decisively against terror: Manmohan tells Obama | Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh made it clear to US President Barack Obama that Pakistan should abide by its commitment of not allowing terrorism directed against India to emanate from its soil. Prime Minister Dr. Singh and President
Obama met on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit on late Sunday night. Briefing the
media after meeting of Dr. Singh and Obama, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama
Rao said the two leaders discussed the situation in the region and they spoke
of counter-terrorism measures in Afghanistan to bring stability there. Rao told
reporters that Dr. Singh briefed Obama about India's peace initiatives with Pakistan,
but made it clear that Islamabad should abide by its commitment of not allowing
terrorism directed against India to emanate from its soil. Dr. Singh told Obama
while peace initiatives had their place; it was for Pakistan to show whether it
was serious about using that information to tackle terrorism in the region. The
activities of LeT terrorist David Headley also came up for discussion during the
meeting, Rao said. "Both the PM and President Obama spoke about the ongoing investigation
activities involving David Coleman Headley," Rao said. "Both India and the United
States have a mutual interest in ensuring that the information coming out of this
interrogation is taken seriously by Pakistan with the view to control and eliminate
terrorist elements surfacing from its soil, which affects the stability of the
region," she added. Rao informed that the issue of extradition of former Union
Carbide Chief Warren Anderson to India did not come up for discussion during the
meeting. Commenting on Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik's reported statement
that it was not possible for either Pakistan or India to control Lashkar -e-Taiba
(LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed, Rao said it was possible for Islamabad to control the
activities of people like Saeed, who were not doing right for relationship between
the two countries. She said Home Minister P Chidambaram during his trip to Pakistan
had told Pakistan that it was New Delhi's hope that Islamabad continues to pay
attention to the activities of Saeed. Rao said during the meting both Dr. Singh
and Obama referred to the strategic partnership between India and US and expressed
satisfaction over the current momentum of the relations. |
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