Govt. taking steps to contain ISI: Jaswant

NEW DELHI, APRIL 18. The Government is initiating steps to counter and contain the ISI activities in border States, the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh, informed the Lok Sabha today.

The Government has taken note of the reported statement of a former ISI official during the Baisakhi celebrations in Pakistan that the Sikhs had to continue their ``peaceful'' struggle for Khalistan. Replying to Mr. Buta Singh, the Minister said the head of a Pakistan-based Gurdwara management body had made the statement during a ceremony in a Gurdwara where members of visiting Indian Sikh jatha were present.

Mr. Jaswant Singh said the issue of cross-border terrorism with special reference to Pakistan and Afghanistan had been the subject of extensive discussion during the recent visit of the U.N. Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan. India had never sought that Mr. Annan act as facilitator in settling bilateral relations between India and Pakistan.

- UNI, PTI

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