Pak must act and deliver results: Pranab
New Delhi, Dec 21: Union External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday, Dec 21 addressed the media regarding the strained relations between India and Pakistan. Talking tough he asked that what more does Pak need from India, inspite the latter providing sufficient evidence of the terrorist links.
"India has provided enough evidence to Pakistan in terms of the terrorist links. We have evidences like the satellite phone conversations, which was intercepted. We also have Kasav's killing account of the entire Mumbai terror plan," he said. Pranab said that India needs three commitments from Pakistan's side. "We need three commitments from Pakistan.
-Firstly,
they
should
keep
the
promise
that
their
territory
will
not
be
used
for
terrorist
activities.
-Secondly,
given
the
evidences
of
the
Pak
link,
they
need
to
now
pursue
those
evidences
and
take
strict
action
against
those
responsible.
-Lastly,
they
need
to
arrest
those
involved
in
such
terrorist
activities
and
hand
over
all
those
who
are
enquired
for
investigations."
He accused of Pakistan of being in a denial mode and said that they took a complete U-turn in terms of Masood Azhar (Pakistan who claimed earlier that Azhar was there now says that Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief is not in their country). "What we want from Pakistan now is that they should take action and they must deliver results," Pranab said.
Sources say that amid this strained Indo-Pak relations, India is keeping all its option open, not ruling out a strike on Pakistan. A defence meet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the national Capital did not ruled out the use of force.
OneIndia
News
(With
inputs
from
Agencies)