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Pressure on Pak. inadequate: Sinha

NEW DELHI DEC. 19. Asserting that cross-border terrorism was still continuing despite the assurance by Pakistan that it would stop encouraging it, India today said it was not satisfied with the pressure being put by the international community, including the United States, on Islamabad.

Responding to supplementaries during question hour in the Rajya Sabha, the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, said that if the U.S. exerted sufficient pressure on Pakistan, it would refrain from indulging in cross-border terrorism.

Stating that though infiltration had decreased by 30 per cent, Mr. Sinha said: ``The fact remains that cross-border terrorism is continuing despite a clear announcement and assertion by the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, and an assurance from the international community that they will put pressure on Pakistan to desist from it''.

Welcoming the pressure being exerted by the international community, Mr. Sinha said India had to fight the menace on its own and expressed confidence that ``we are capable and strong enough to wage and win the battle''. On the resumption of a dialogue with Islamabad, he said New Delhi insisted on the condition that cross-border terrorism has to be brought to an end before any meaningful dialogue was started. ``Pakistan is sending mercenaries to carry out terrorist activities in India,'' he said.

Earlier, the Minister of State for External Affairs, Digvijay Singh, said no effort was being made to declare Pakistan a terrorist state. — PTI

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