Pakistan must dismantle terror infrastructure: Krishna

September 5th, 2009 BANGALORE - External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Saturday said that Pakistan had been given enough proof to prosecute Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leaders for masterminding the Mumbai terror attacks.

August 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Monday expressed India's concern over terrorism and said that it was high time Pakistan dismantled terror from its soil. "India is willing to cooperate with Pakistan, including addressing each other's security concerns.

August 24th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI - Days after India presented a fresh dossier on the alleged involvement of Hafiz Saeed in the Mumbai attacks, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Monday asked Islamabad to honour its anti-terror pledge and take “effective steps” to dismantle the "infrastructure of terrorism" on its soil.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Government on Friday announced in Parliament that dialogue with Pakistan would not take place in an atmosphere filled with violence and claimed that this was encapsulated in the Sharm-el-Sheikh statement. Replying to a discussion on the working of his Ministry in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister S.M.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Thursday said that the confession by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on nurturing of terrorists in his country has justified India's stand about terrorists originating form the neighbouring country. Krishna said that India has repeatedly maintained that Pakistan's soil was being used for terrorist attacks on India.

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.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday "unequivocally" condemned the bomb blast in Lahore but also made it clear that the ball was in Pakistan's court to punish the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage if it wanted to resume composite dialogue with New Delhi. "I feel sorry that an incident has taken place in Lahore...

May 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new Indian Minister for External Affairs, S. M. Krishna, said here on Saturday that India was ready to extend its hand of friendship and partnership towards Pakistan, if it displayed a determined and credible action to eradicate the structure of terrorism prevailing in its territory.

April 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amid a wave of terror blasts in Pakistan, India Sunday said dismantling terrorist infrastructure was in Islamabad's own 'interest'. 'We want development and peace in neighbourhood for stability.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Tuesday said the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore was the result of the 'space' that Pakistan has been conceding to terrorists and the international community must build pressure on Pakistan to dismantle the terror infrastructure on its soil. 'The attack on Sri Lankan cricketers makes it evident that it is the result of the space that Pakistan has been conceding to terrorists and hard-liners.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Tuesday said unless Pakistan completely dismantles the terrorism infrastructure on its territory, incidents like the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore would continue to take place. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here that Pakistan must 'take courage in both hands' to tackle the terrorism infrastructure and appealed to the international community to act to address terrorism, which he described as the 'biggest menace' in the world today.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Thursday welcomed as 'positive' Pakistan's probe into 26/11 which said that elements from Pakistan were involved, but reminded Islamabad to take 'credible action' and 'dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism' in its territory. Breaking repeated patterns of denial and obfuscation in the past, Pakistan for the first time has admitted the involvement of its nationals in the terror attack on India - a step that New Delhi described as 'a positive development'.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday evening welcomed as a 'positive step' Pakistan's admission that elements from that country were responsible for the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, and reiterated India's hope that Islamabad would take 'credible steps' to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure on its territory. 'Pakistan authorities have admitted that elements in Pakistan were responsible for the terror attack,' he said.

January 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As police gunned down two suspected Pakistani terrorists in Noida near here early Sunday, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma reminded Pakistan to fulfill its commitment of fighting terrorism. 'Terror groups operating in Pakistan are trying to destabilise India,' Sharma told the Times Now news channel.

December 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - A month after Mumbai's terror strikes, India Friday sought to intensify global pressure on Pakistan by asking China to use its clout to persuade Islamabad to dismantle terror infrastructure in that country. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi called up External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday and conveyed his country's solidarity with India in the fight against terrorism.