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SHARM EL SHEIKH: In what appeared to be a move to neutralise criticism by some opposition circles in his country to the agreement with Pakistan to resume talks and rebuild ties damaged after the Mumbai attacks, Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh appeared to contradict what he had committed in the joint statement he had signed here earlier on Thursday with his counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Talking to the international media, Dr Singh explained the main points in the joint statement in which the two leaders agreed that action on terrorism should not be linked to the composite dialogue process.
But a little later, talking to a group of Indian journalists, he said that peace talks with Pakistan would remain on hold until Islamabad took action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks last year.
‘A composite dialogue cannot begin unless and until the terrorist attacks that shook Mumbai are accounted for and the perpetrators of these heinous crimes brought to book,’ Mr Singh said.
DAWN.COM | World | Singh moves to pacify Indian Opposition
Talking to the international media, Dr Singh explained the main points in the joint statement in which the two leaders agreed that action on terrorism should not be linked to the composite dialogue process.
But a little later, talking to a group of Indian journalists, he said that peace talks with Pakistan would remain on hold until Islamabad took action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks last year.
‘A composite dialogue cannot begin unless and until the terrorist attacks that shook Mumbai are accounted for and the perpetrators of these heinous crimes brought to book,’ Mr Singh said.
DAWN.COM | World | Singh moves to pacify Indian Opposition