By IRNA,
Islamabad : US President Barack Obama calls for Pakistan-India dialogue as he wants tensions between the two nuclear rivals should not affect the so called anti terror war.
US President has urged India and Pakistan to defuse mutual tensions and resolve their differences peacefully through composite dialogue.
‘At a time when perhaps the greatest enemy of both India and Pakistan should be poverty… it may make sense to create a more effective dialogue between India and Pakistan,’ US President said after a meeting with Indian Prime Minster Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the G20 economic summit.
“Obviously we are very concerned about extremists and terrorists who have made camp in the border regions of Pakistan as well as in Afghanistan, Obama has said.
The relations of Pakistan and India cannot be termed as cordial since the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks in which about 200 people were killed.
Pakistani analysts have termed the act as an effort to hamper the ongoing talks between India and Pakistan and advised the government of India to foil the designs of those elements who are trying to harm the peace process between the two countries.
India has demanded the hand over of 40 suspected militants allegedly involved in the attacks. Islamabad, however, says it will not extradite any suspect, insisting that they should be tried in Pakistani courts if proved guilty.
Pakistan firmly disassociated from Mumbai terror attacks and said there is no clear evidence available against Pakistan.
The controversy of the identity of Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of Mumbai terror attacks, is still unresolved as Pakistan in its investigation report had said that all attackers had gone to India from Pakistan, but had no information about their identities.
Indian authorities have said that the Mumbai attacks were directed by Laskar-e-Taiba militants inside Pakistan. Moreover, Indian government officials said that the attacks were so sophisticated that they must have had official backing from Pakistani “agencies”, an accusation denied by Pakistan.
In an escalation towards an uncertain denouement, India warned Pakistan that it would use any means to thwart cross-border terror attacks on its territory.
Pakistan government is in a difficult situation in present scenario as internally it is divided on different issues.
Since independence, relations between Pakistan and India have been characterized by rivalry and suspicion. Although many issues divide the two countries, the most sensitive one since independence has been the status of Kashmir.
India and Pakistan have fought three wars since gaining independence in 1947 and went to the brink of a fourth after a December 2001 militant attack on India’s parliament that India also linked to Pakistan.