 London : Ahead of the Indo-Pak talks this week, India on Feb 22 made it clear that process of normalisation of ties with Pakistan can be sustained only by effective action against groups there calling for 'jihad' against India.
"...calls of jihad, hostility and aggression continue to be made openly against India. This reflects the real and tangible difficulties that we face in dealing with Pakistan," Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said, delivering the key note address at the 3rd International Institute of Strategic Studies-MEA Dialogue here.
She also emphasised that "effective action against such groups" by Pakistan is an "absolute must" if the process of normalisation that India desires with Pakistan was to happen. Referring to the talks in New Delhi on Feb 25 with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir, Rao said India is making "another sincere attempt" to initiate dialogue with Pakistan.
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