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No factual basis to Pak allegations of India funding Taliban: Nirupama Rao | Rubbishing Pakistan's allegations that India is providing arms to the Taliban in South Waziristan, New Delhi has said that there is no truth in these accusations. Speaking to reporters
on the sidelines of a seminar , she said " There is no factual basis for such
accusations ". India wants a peaceful and stable Pakistan, she added. Rao also
downplayed the recent objections raised by China on Tibetan spiritual leader,
the Dalai Lama's, proposed visit to Tawang She said there are no strains in the
relationship between India and China. Earlier, while addressing a gathering at
the annual Day function of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA),
Rao described Sino-Indian ties as "complex", and aded that it would take some
time to resolve all outstanding issues including the boundary dispute between
the two neighbours. On restarting the composite dialogue with Pakistan, she said
it would be "realistically possible" only after Islamabad dismantled the infrastructure
of terrorism on its soil. "We have conveyed many times our desire to engage in
meaningful dialogue with Pakistan, but a dialogue with Pakistan was "realistically
possible only after Pakistan dismantled the infrastructure of terrorism on its
soil. Pakistan must fulfil its commitment not to allow its territory to be used
for terror activities against India," she said. Pakistan's military spokesperson
Major General Athar Abbas had alleged on Tuesday that Pakistani security forces
had seized Indian-made arms and equipment from the Taliban bastion of South Waziristan
and added that Islamabad would soon raise the issue through diplomatic channels.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Tuesday had refuted the allegations,
saying Pakistan's internal developments were of "their own making". Without naming
Afghanistan, Rao said terrorism in Afghanistan was receiving support from "contiguous
areas" and asked the international community to pressure Islamabad to control
such extremist outfits. |
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