Indian PM wants to try again for peace with Pakistan
AFP
NEW DELHI- India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday he wanted to try again to make peace with Pakistan, but stressed Islamabad needed to take "strong and effective" action to end terrorism, PTI reported.
Singh said if the Pakistani leadership shows "courage, determination and statesmanship to take the high road to peace, India will meet it more than half the way."
"I have spoken before also about my vision of a cooperative sub-continent and the vital interest people of the sub-continent have in peace. For this, we must try again to make peace with Pakistan," the Press Trust of India quoted him as saying.
The comments came a day after Singh met with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of a regional summit in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, their first face-to-face talks since the deadly Mumbai attacks.
"It is essential that strong and effective steps are taken by Pakistan against the enemies of peace," Singh was quoted as telling journalists accompanying him on his way back from Russia.
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The comments came a day after Singh met with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of a regional summit in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, their first face-to-face talks since the deadly Mumbai attacks.
"It is essential that strong and effective steps are taken by Pakistan against the enemies of peace," Singh was quoted as telling journalists accompanying him on his way back from Russia.
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