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Anti-India activities in Pak must stop, PM told Zardari

Source: PTI
May 16, 2012 15:12 IST
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari that India's concerns on terrorism have to be addressed and anti-India activities have to be stopped there if the people of India were to support and sustain progress in bilateral relations with Islamabad.

During the visit of Zardari to India on April 8, Singh and Zardari had discussed the issue of terrorism and the prime minister told the Pakistan president that there was a need for taking action to curb terrorism to enable New Delhi to make forward movement in the bilateral relationship, Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

"He (Singh) conveyed that it was imperative to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attack to justice and prevent activities aimed against India from Pakistani soil," the minister said.

In this context, the prime minister also mentioned the activities of Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Saeed in public (in  Pakistan) and said that "our concerns on terrorism had to be addressed if the people of India are to be support and sustain progress in bilateral relations."

The Pakistan president had referred to judicial process against Saeed and said the matter needed to be discussed further between the two governments, the Minister said in a written reply.

Zardari was in India on April 8 on a "private visit" during which the prime minister had hosted a lunch for him. He had later visited the Dargah of Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer.

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