The Hindu : Waiting for Pak. action, India tells Britain

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Waiting for Pak. action, India tells Britain

By Our Special Correspondent

The British Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon, with the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, in New Delhi on Thursday. — Reuters

NEW DELHI JULY 4. Emphasising the recent incidents of interdiction of terrorists across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, India today told Britain that it was waiting for Pakistan to deliver on its promise of stopping all infrastructure support to militants.

That New Delhi would not compromise with its national security was conveyed to the visiting British Defence Secretary, Geoffrey Hoon, during his meetings with the National Security Adviser, Brajesh Mishra, and the Minister of External Affairs, Yashwant Sinha.

The chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee, Gen. S. Padmanabhan, also called on Mr. Hoon and acquainted him with the border situation — particularly the four instances of attempted infiltration over the past one week.

Mr. Hoon told the security-planners that Britain strongly felt the need to terminate cross-border infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir and that he had delivered this message in unequivocal terms to the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, during his stopover in Islamabad on Wednesday.

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