Hardening its stand in the wake of the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, key accused in the Mumbai attack by Pakistan, New Delhi on Friday ruled out holding bilateral talks unless Islamabad took tangible measures to prevent terrorism directed against India.
??Not unless they (Pakistan) take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from the soil of Pakistan aimed against India (can talks resume),?? the external affairs minister SM Krishna told mediapersons.
The minister was responding to a question whether there was any move to resume the dialogue with Islamabad. His statement puts at rest speculation that the government was contemplating the resumption of talks with Pakistan in the near future.
The minister said that the release of JuD chief by a court in Lahore only showed that Pakistan was not serious about acting against terror. New Delhi has said that Saeed was the mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks that claimed over 170 lives, including those of 26 foreigners.
On the US advisory cautioning its citizens with regard to travel in India, he said, that the home minister P Chidambaram has already spoken about it that India is a very safe country to travel.