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No pre-condition but Pak must curb terror: PM
Published on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 13:29, Updated on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 16:22 in 
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Srinagar: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said there were no no pre-conditions for talks with Pakistan but they cannot make headway unless there is "effective control" of the terror groups operating in that country.
Winding up his two-day visit to Kashmir Valley, he also voiced the hope that separatists and others would reciprocate his appeal for a dialogue with all sections of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Asked at a press conference here whether his statement on Wednesday that Pakistan should destroy terror camps will be a pre-condition for talks, Singh said "it is not not a pre-condition".
"But there is a practical way of looking at (things). Negotiations can't make headway unless Pakistan brings under effective control these terror groups."
He said India is a democracy and if day and day out terrorists continue attack and take the precious lives "we cannot create an atmosphere for negotiations".
"Negotiations can't make headway unless Pakistan brings under control the terrorist elements which aid and abet terrorism in India," the Prime Minister.
He also made it clear that Pakistan's actions against those believed to be behind the Mumbai attacks were not not satisfactory and expressed the hope that Islamabad would bring all the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks to justice.
Singh described as "far fetched and far from truth" Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik's charge that India was abetting violence in Balochistan and funding Taliban.
"I have said earlier that India had no no role in Balochistan and those who level these charges, the senior minister in Pakistan, know jolly well that there is no truth in it.
"Nothing can be far fetched and far from truth," he said adding in fact it was India which was a victim of terrorism aided and abetted from Pakistani soil.
"Both (charges on) Balochistan and Taliban are totally false," he said.
To a question whether India was satisfied with Pakistan's steps on Mumbai attacks, he said "obviously we are not not satisfied with action taken by Pakistan. We sincerely hope that Pakistan government will bring all the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks to justice."
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The Prime Minister's flip-flop is known to all of us. He is just making a statement as he has right
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Prime Minister's hope on Pakistan to curb terror is like building castles in the air!.Statements,objections,conditions etc.,will not
bend
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This is what one fears the most with the Congress. One never knows when they will change tack and will
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Mr PM, you're really testing our patience by not standing up fro whats right. You seem to have forgotten 26/11,
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The Pm Stating that there should be no Pre- condition for talks with Pakistan shows his and Congress Party's weakness.
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