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Terrorism must end for talks: PM

Manali May 13. Maintaining that India was not setting any conditions, the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, today said it was necessary that terrorist infrastructure across the border be dismantled and terrorism ended for a conducive atmosphere to be created for a dialogue with Pakistan.

"Terrorism should end. Terrorist camps and infrastructure across the border should be dismantled. That will open the door for talks," he told reporters here on arrival for a six-day holiday here. Asked if an end to cross-border was a pre-condition for talks, Mr. Vajpayee said "it is not a condition... it is necessary. We are not calling it a pre-condition. But without that (end to cross-border terrorism) how can a conducive atmosphere be created?"

To a question about Pakistan's stand that talks should be unconditional, he said, "(the talk of) unconditional (talks) has no meaning".. — PTI

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