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Chidambaram briefs Hillary on Pakistan's inaction against 26/11 perpetrators | Home Minister P Chidambaram met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington to brief her about Pakistan's inaction against perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks. Chidambaram, who wraps up his four-day visit to the United States today, told Clinton that
Pakistan simply has not taken any action against the perpetrators of 26/11, and
mastermind Hafiz Saeed. Chidambaram has also told US officials that infiltration
from Pakistan has increased since May this year. Drawing disparity between India
and Pakistan's approach to the investigations, he said, "I think the US understands
the difference between the way India has approached the post 26/11 situation and
the way Pakistan has approached the post 26/11 situation. I think it is enough
to draw attention to the difference and leave it there." "India and US would take
their relationship to a next level, where they will work together on a host of
other issues, apart from Pakistan," Chidambaram told reporters here. "The next
level does not mean leaning on Pakistan. The next level means means, working together
on security related matters," he added. On the resumption of talks between India
and Pakistan, Chidambaram said, "I think India's position has been made clear
by the Prime Minister in parliament and there is no need for me to add anything
to it or clarify. Commenting on the second question about level of intelligence
sharing, he said: it has been pretty good. Even today, when there is actionable
intelligence, which is, shared by US agencies with Indian agencies. ...We share
any intelligence that we have vis-à-vis the United States this will continue."
Besides getting an in-depth understanding of the functioning of the National
Counter-Terrorism
Centre (NCTC), Chidambaram also took a look at the functioning of the New York
Police Department. Impressed with the NCTC, he said he would like to set up a
similar kind of an operation. Speaking out on the Gujarat affidavit controversy,
the Home Minister said there was nothing wrong with it. He said it was only meant
to be an intelligence input, not conclusive proof of guilt, much less a reason
for killing anyone in cold blood. The home ministry's affidavit does not weaken
the Congress Government's attack on the Government of Gujarat in the Ishrat case,
he said. "What is wrong with the affidavit? To the best of my knowledge the affidavit
says that intelligence inputs were shared with the Gujarat government. That affidavit
must be read in context. You cannot read into it what it does not say. I think
it is self-evident that intelligence inputs are not evidence, much less conclusive
proof," he added.
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