Pakistan must dismantle terror set up for peace process, says Krishna

October 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Calling those who carried out the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as no friends of Pakistan, its Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said it's in Islamabad's enlightened self-interest to normalise and live in peace with India. The government of Pakistan believes that terror organisations like the one behind the Mumbai attacks "have to be checked, curtailed and shut," he said at the Council of Foreign Relations, a Washington-based think tank, Wednesday.

September 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna conveyed New Delhi's serious concerns about Pakistan-based militant groups to his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi during what he called "useful, constructive and candid" talks here Sunday.

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.

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.

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.

August 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after the Indian Government gave "additional information" to Pakistan on the Mumbai terror attacks through their High Commissioner Shahid Malik, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said that New Delhi will keep providing more evidence to Islamabad "as and when" it is collected. Krishna's statement came as his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi told reporters in Multan that India was not responding to Islamabad's request for intelligence sharing on possible terror attacks as indicated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently.

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 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - Intellectuals from India and Pakistan Tuesday called upon the leaders of the two countries, who are set to meet in Egypt during the non-aligned summit, to resume the peace process that was stalled following the Mumbai terror attacks last year. In a statement, the group said that peace-loving people all over the world have great expectations from the proposed meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Sharm-El-Shaikh on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.

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...

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will not take the sub-continental peace process forward until Pakistan acts against the terrorists operating from its territory, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Monday.

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.

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.