Search the Internet          Tips

No talks with Pakistan till violence continues: India to US

This was conveyed to US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice when she spoke to her Indian counterpart Brajesh Mishra over telephone in Copenhagen earlier this week, sources said.

The US has been nudging India to resume dialogue with Pakistan and statements to this effect have been coming from Washington more frequently after the satisfactory conduct of the assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir.

How can the US expect India to start the dialogue if perpetrators of violence in J&K, aided and abetted from across the border, continue with their terrorists acts, Mishra told Rice.

He said over 800 lives have been lost ever since the democratic process was initiated in the state.

When asked if Vajpayee would visit Pakistan for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit three months from now, the sources said it is "premature" to talk about this since dates for it have not been finalised.

More and more countries are now accepting India's concerns over cross-border terrorism, they said, adding both British Premier Tony Blair and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Ramussen have emphasised that Islamabad has to stop this scourge to de-escalate tensions.

Tell us what you think of this report