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Pak not keeping its promise: PM On Board Air India 1, March 2 “I hope the world community gets the message that India is a victim of terrorism, that we have a situation where our neighbour has promised not to allow its territory to be used for perpetrating terrorist acts directed against India, and yet on the ground progress has been rather nil,” Manmohan Singh said. PM was speaking to mediapersons on board the special aircraft in which he and his delegation were returning after the three-day visit to Saudi Arabia. “We are living today in an increasingly inter-dependent world and whosoever world leaders I meet, I convey to them that all problems between India and Pakistan can be resolved through meaningful bilateral dialogue if only Pakistan would take a more reasonable attitude in dealing with those terrorist elements who target our country,” he said. The PM’s comments came after his meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh on Sunday. The visit also saw the signing of an extradition treaty between India and Saudi Arabia, a close friend of Pakistan. Before his departure from Riyadh on Monday, the PM told Saudi parliament if Pakistan cooperated with India, there would be no problem that the two sides could not resolve. “And we can walk an extra mile to open a new chapter in relations between our two countries.” When pointed out that India's growing ties with Saudi Arabia held a lot of symbolism vis-a-vis Pakistan, he said: “Well, my feeling is the Saudi Arabian leadership has a better understanding of the predicament that we face both in Pakistan and in Afghanistan.” India and Saudi Arabia signed ‘Riyadh Declaration - A New Era of Strategic Partnership’ to put their seal of approval on rapidly growing ties between the two nations. The was signed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz at a ceremony at the Al Rawad Palace here.“The two leaders re-emphasised the importance of full implementation of the Delhi Declaration (signed during the historic visit of King Abdullah to India in 2006) through exchange of visits at various levels.” According to the new declaration, keeping in view the development of relations between the two countries, and the potential for their further growth, the two leaders decided to raise their cooperation to a strategic partnership covering security, economic, defence and political areas. “The two sides agreed to enhance cooperation in exchange of information relating to terrorist activities, money laundering, narcotics, arms and human trafficking and develop joint strategies to combat these threats,” the declaration stated. — IANS
* Ensuring full implementation of Delhi Declaration * Cooperation for building strategic partnerships in security, economic, defence, polity * Exchanging info on terrorist activities, money laundering, narcotics, arms, human trafficking * Supporting Afghan efforts to achieve stability, security
Islamabad: PM Manmohan Singh’s visit is being seen by the Pakistani media as a deliberate attempt by New
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