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Difficult to stay in peace process:
India
Rules out mly
action, asks for fugitives handover
NEW DELHI: India's foreign minister
on Tuesday said that it would be difficult to carry on in peace
process with Pakistan started in 2004 unless Islamabad took action
after the deadly attacks on Mumbai.
"We have no intention of not
carrying out the peace process," Pranab Mukherjee told India's NDTV.
"If these incidents … are not adequately addressed by the other
side, it becomes difficult to carry out business as usual and that
includes the peace process."
"Nobody is talking about military
action," Mukherjee told reporters.
"What will be done, time will show
and you will come to know," Mukherjee said.
Mukherjee said his country reserved
the right to take military action if its territory was under threat.
"I am neither making any comment on
military options. What I am saying is every sovereign country has
its right to protect its territorial integrity and take appropriate
action as and when it feels necessary," Mukherjee said.
Earlier, the minister said
India had called on Pakistan to hand
over 20 terror suspects, including the founder of the militant group
accused of carrying out the carnage in Mumbai.
The government demanded "the arrest
and handover of those persons who are settled in Pakistan and are
fugitives of Indian law," Mukherjee said. "We will await the
response of Pakistan," he added. - Agencies |
