New Delhi: India on October 22 conveyed to Japan its ''disappointment'' at the international community's inability to make Pakistan abide by its commitments to put an end to terrorism permanently, saying the menace ''still remains''.

This was articulated by External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha during a meeting with visiting former Japanese Premier Yoshiro Mori, special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

New Delhi has been consistently voicing its concern over Pakistan's failure to fulfil its pledges to the international community to permanently end terrorism as also to dismantle the structure that supports terrorist activity.

Koizumi, who was unable to meet Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee suffering from viral infection, met Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and handed over a letter from Koizumi to Vajpayee.

Replying to questions, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said there was greater recognition now by the global community that Pakistan is the epicentre of terrorism.

''But this is not to say that this has met with unmitigated success. The menace of terrorism still remains. It has not been obliterated despite the fact that the focus of the international community has been on it for several months now,'' he said adding ''otherwise the problem would have vanished".

PTI