Pakistan has sought resumption of dialogue: India

September 17th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated that Islamabad is ready to cooperate with New Delhi to bring the Mumbai attack perpetrators to justice. In an interview with a British daily, Zardari said Pakistan would not allow its soil to be used against India.

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Government has reportedly said that unless Pakistan takes, some sort of action against the 26/11 accused, the possibility of a resumption of dialogue is remote. According to sources, India has provided enough evidence to Pakistan regarding the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks and the need is for Pakistan to act, and then only the dialogue between both the countries can be held.

September 5th, 2009 BANGALORE - External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna attacked Pakistan on Saturday by calling it epicentre of terror in this region, and said it's for Islamabad to decide what kind of ties it wants with India.

July 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Strongly backing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's declaration that there was no dilution of the national consensus on countering terrorism emanating from Pakistan, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Thursday said India's foreign policy with respect to its neighbour had not changed. No one should be in any doubt on our party's position vis--vis Pakistan.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US has cautiously welcomed the reported agreement between Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Yusuf Raza Gilani to resume the India-Pakistan dialogue halted by the November Mumbai terror attack. "I've just seen reports and, of course, we're very encouraged by these positive signals coming out of the talks," State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said Thursday when asked to comment on the outcome of the two premiers' meeting on the sidelights of the Non-Aligned Movement(NAM) summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt).

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 16th, 2009 Sharm-el-SHEIKH - India and Pakistan Thursday said that dialogue was only answer to promote better neighbourly relations and that terrorism should not be linked to their composite dialogue process. A joint statement issued after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and Yousaf Raza Gilani of Pakistan here also agreed that the two countries will share real time credible and actionable information on any future terrorist threat.

June 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has welcomed as "encouraging" a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in the aftermath of the November Mumbai attacks saying the two countries need to continue their dialogue. "A resumption of such high-level engagement in the aftermath of the November Mumbai attacks is encouraging," State Department Spokesman, Ian Kelly told reporters Tuesday when asked to comment on the two leaders' meeting on the sidelines of the Yekaterinburg summit.

June 12th, 2009 New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister and Pakistani President will be meeting next week on the margins of Shanghai Cooperation Organistaion at the Russian Industrial city of Yeketenberg on June 16, disclosed Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon. This will be the first high-level contact between the two countries after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, but the meeting is likely to be a symbolic handshake and not a resumption of dialogue.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pitching for resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue, the US Thursday said it is pressing Islamabad to take firm and urgent action against extremists and terrorists operating in its territory. "US has welcomed better relations between the two countries.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna on Friday said India will resume dialogue with Pakistan only if they take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks. Talking to reporters here, Krishna said, "There will not be any talks between India and Pakistan unless they take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from Pakistan aimed against India.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Friday ruled out resumption of talks with Pakistan until it took tangible measures to prevent terrorism directed against this country. "Not unless they (Pakistan) take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from the soil of Pakistan aimed against India (can talks resume)," External Affairs Minister S.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India reiterated Thursday the subcontinental dialogue process could not resume unless Pakistan acts credibly against terror directed against this country. There is no change in our position.

April 13th, 2009 SRINAGAR - National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Monday said that he would raise 'very important' issues in Parliament after the elections, including the matter of resuming the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan. Talking to reporters here, Abdullah said: "We will raise very important issues in the Parliament after the elections.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As Islamabad sought more details and audio recordings of conversations between the Mumbai attackers and their handlers, India Tuesday asked Pakistan to do more to dismantle terror infrastructure on its soil if it wanted to resume the peace process. 'So far the composite dialogue is concerned, it is false and we expect Pakistan to do more in respect of dismantling the terror infrastructure,' External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here when asked about the resumption of the stalled talks between the two countries.