India conveys dismay to US over Pak inaction against Mumbai attackers

New Delhi, Jun 10: Amid the US nudge for resumption of dialogue with Pakistan, India today made it clear that the talks can take place only after cross-border terror is stopped and is understood to have conveyed its dismay over inaction by Islamabad in this regard.
During the talks between Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Under Secretary of State William Burns here, the Indian side is believed to have noted that Pakistan has not done enough in curbing terror directed against this country and bringing to justice the perpetrators of Mumbai attacks.

Burns, the first high-ranking US official to visit India during UPA government's second tenure, also met External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and Home Minister P Chidambaram.

"The most important point is that terror which has been unleashed from the soil of Pakistan directed against India has to be stopped," Krishna told reporters later.

"(All) instrumentalities of terrorism which are aimed at India, which is emanating from the Pakistani soil, will have to be dismantled and perhaps then a favourable climate, atmosphere would have been created for the dialogue to be resumed between Pakistan and India," he said.

Ahead of Burns's visit, the State Department had said the US wanted the Indo-Pak dialogue to resume and that the Under Secretary would raise the issue during his discussions here. PTI