Dialogue will depend on Pakistan’s action against terror: Manmohan

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday asserted there was no dilution in India's stand on cross-border terrorism but argued there was no alternative to engagement with neighbours. We can have a meaningful dialogue with Pakistan only if they fulfil their commitments in letter and spirit not to allow their territory to be used for terrorist attacks against India, Manmohan Singh told parliament in his response to the debate on the July 16 India-Pakistan joint statement issued after a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Sharm-el-Sheikh.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has taken "half a step" of starting a "limited dialogue" with Pakistan at the foreign secretary-level, but has made it clear that the future and form of dialogue will depend upon Islamabad's action against terror. Official sources also vehemently denied a Pakistani media report, which claimed that Islamabad had given to New Delhi a "dossier" about India's involvement in Balochistan during talks at Sharm-el-Sheikh last week.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has taken half a step of starting a limited dialogue with Pakistan at the level of foreign secretaries, but has made it clear that the future of dialogue in any form will depend upon Islamabad's action against terrorism. India has also indicated that it is ready to discuss the issue of Balochistan with Pakistan if it wants to bring up its internal issue in bilateral talks.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staging a walk-out in parliament in protest against "capitulation" to Pakistan over cross-border terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said action on terrorism by Pakistan should not await other developments, including resumption of the composite dialogue. In a statement in parliament Monday within hours of his return from Egypt, Manmohan Singh said engagement is the only way forward to realise the vision of a stable and prosperous South Asia", but made it clear that any meaningful dialogue will depend on Islamabad fulfilling its anti-terror pledge in letter and spirit.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) protesting against the "capitulation" to Pakistan on cross-border terror, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted Friday that there was no dilution in India's stand on terrorism and underlined that meaningful dialogue will depend on Islamabad taking action against the 26/11 attackers. In a statement in parliament Monday within hours of his return from attending the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Egypt, Manmohan Singh said engagement is "the only way forward" to realise the "vision of a stable and prosperous South Asia", but made it clear that any "meaningful dialogue" will depend on Islamabad fulfilling its anti-terror pledge "in letter and spirit".

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha Friday, alleging the government had capitulated to Pakistan on the terrorism issue, soon after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh read out a statement on his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani. You have delinked terrorism and the composite dialogue.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Members of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walked out of the Lok Sabha Friday to protest Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "capitulation" to Pakistan though they agreed to a parliament debate over the issue. Soon after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh read out in the Lok Sabha a statement on his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt Friday, Leader of Opposition L.K.

July 16th, 2009 Sharm el-SHEIKH - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet and discuss the nature of dialogue between the two countries in the future and will review action against terrorism. Manmohan Singh also made it clear that another Mumbai-like terrorist attack will affect dialogue of any kind.

July 16th, 2009 Sharm-el-SHEIKH - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made it clear to his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday that there can be no further bilateral dialogue unless Islamabad contains terrorist activities directed from Pakistani soil. "We were quiet clear that if acts of terrorism continue to be perpetrated, there is no question of any dialogue, let alone composite dialogue," Manmohan Singh told reporters here after three hours of talks with Gilani on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.

July 16th, 2009 Sharm el-SHEIKH - Nearly eight months after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, India and Pakistan Thursday sought to put their strained ties back on track by delinking action on terror from the composite dialogue process. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani met in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm-el-Sheikh Thursday.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani in Egypt next week, India Wednesday said Pakistan has sought the resumption of talks but indicated any decision will depend on Islamabad's action against terrorists. "Yes," External Affairs Minister S.M.

June 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan wants the world at large and the US in particular to play a role in resolving its disputes with India, including that of Kashmir, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday. The resolution of Pakistans core issues would help it focus on the war against extremism and terrorism on its western border to ensure peace and stability in South Asia, APP news agency quoted Gilani as saying when visiting US National Security Advisor James Jones called on him here.

June 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg finally broke the ice seven months after the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan's foreign office said Thursday, adding Islamabad wanted the resumption of the sub-continental dialogue process. "Finally the ice has been broken," Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said at his weekly media briefing here.

June 17th, 2009 ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - India would review Pakistan's actions against anti-India terror outfits before deciding on resuming the composite dialogue mid-July, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday, a day after he met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in Russia. The prime minister said he would wait for the outcome of the talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries, who are expected to meet within a month, before taking a decision on resuming the composite dialogue that stalled after the Mumbai terror attacks nearly seven months ago.

March 31st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik Tuesday reviewed the progress on Pakistan's probe into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. 'The meeting reviewed the reply from India conveyed in response to the queries of Pakistani investigators and decided that the material be examined by the ministry of law before taking any further action,' an official statement said.