Click to play videoKabul: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that the United States of America shouldn't equate the perpetrators of terrorist attacks and the victims of terror acts.
"Sometimes, we find there is tendency to equate the perpetrators of terrorist acts and victims of terrorist acts together and hyphenated. This tendency must be avoided. Perpetrators of terrorist acts must be penalised," Mukherjee was quoted as saying by PTI at the end of his two-day visit to Afghanistan.
The minister said that he hoped that the new US President Barack Obama recognised that the Indo-US relations had reached new heights over the last few years.
"The relations should be maintained at that level. The commitment to fight against terrorism should be total," Mukherjee said.
Mukherjee said there are some countries which are recognised as "epicentre" of terrorism and they should refuse sanctuaries for terrorists.
"Nests and sanctuaries are located in territories of some countries," External Mukherjee even though he did not name any country. "There are some countries which are recognised as epicentre of terrorism."
He also countered British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's statement by emphasising that the Mumbai attacks were a part of global terrorism and not related to Kashmir.
"One need not look at the terror attack in Mumbai or other terrorist attacks in different places in India need to be linked to it. It is not related to the problem of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a part of the global terrorism, international community will have to take it as part of the global terrorism," said India's External Affairs Minister.
(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
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