New Delhi, July 12: India has strongly castigated Pakistan for eroding the "fundamental premise" of the composite dialogue, saying that the action taken by Islamabad to curb terrorism emanating from its soil "has been disappointing".
Noting that some achievements were made "in segments" in
2004 following commitments by Pakistan that it would not "permit territory under its control to be used to support terrorism in any form", India said, however, terrorism and non-implementation of its commitment has "eroded the fundamental premise of the dialogue process."
"Terrorist attacks in India and on the Indian embassy in Kabul in July 2008, increase in ceasefire violations and continued infiltration across the LoC placed a strain on the dialogue process in particular and Indo-Pak relations in general," the Ministry of External Affairs said in its annual report 2008-09.
It said, "The terrorist attack on Mumbai on 26 November 2008 and concrete evidence of the involvement of elements in Pakistan in the attack led to a pause in the dialogue process."
"Despite the developments and despite high-level statements from Pakistan promising cooperation regarding the Mumbai attack, in terms of actual action taken the response has been disappointing. As a result, there has been a sharp deterioration in bilateral relations," the Ministry report said.
The External Affairs Ministry said Pakistani authorities admitted that elements there were involved in the terrorist attacks on Mumbai.
It said India also provided detailed responses and material to Pakistan on the Mumbai attacks.
India took several steps both bilaterally and at international fora to obtain Pakistan`s cooperation in bringing the perpetrators based there to justice and to ensure that such acts do not recur, it said adding as a result, the UN listed individual entities including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamat-ud-Daawa (JuD) as terror groups.
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