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Sinha flays US' double standards on terrorism
Thursday, November 14 2002 22:42 Hrs (IST)

External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha Washington: Accusing US of maintaining double standards in dealing with terrorism, India has said it has not done enough to persuade Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to stop cross-border terrorism despite evidence shown to them.

"We get the feeling that terrorists are bad only when they are attacking the United States. The war against terrorism is being fought with standards that are open to question," External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha was on November 14 quoted as saying by 'Washington Times'.

"We realise the problem of the international community. They won't pressure General Musharraf beyond a point because they fear the alternative to Musharraf in Pakistan is more fundamentalism. But he has been pushed to the wall on Afghanistan and still was able to get 98.5 per cent in a referendum. But you say that on Kashmir he cannot be pushed?"

"Armitage (Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State) told us that Musharraf has promised a permanent end to infiltration and made these points: One, it will be visible. Two, it will be to your satisfaction. Three, he would dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism."

The infiltration levels declined during June and July but began picking up again in August and September. "General Musharraf made a promise to Richard Armitage, but he has not kept it," Sinha said.

The paper said India's evidence shown to Washington included aeriel surveillance photographs of purported training camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), statements by captured infiltrators, intercepts of radio transmissions and notebooks seized from killed or captured insurgents.

PTI






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