New Delhi: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on December 17 night said the United States' economic aid to Pakistan was encouraging Islamabad to persist with sponsoring of cross-border terrorism as an instrument of state policy and asserted government would vigorously pursue "pre-emptive intelligence" to prevent terrorist acts.

Winding up a four-hour debate in the Lok Sabha on internal security, Advani asked the international community not to help those nations which practiced terrorism as an instrument of state policy.

"If the international community does not support us, we expect that they should not help those who are encouraging terrorism," Advani said.

"Terrorist organisations are dangerous, but countries encouraging terrorism or pursuing terrorism as their state policy are even more dangerous," he said.

He said US economic aid to Pakistan "encouraged it to pursue that policy".

Stating that there could be no talks with Pakistan till it dismantled the terrorist infrastructure existing on its soil, Advani said, "We do not expect anybody to help us in our battle against terrorism. We have to solve it ourselves."

PTI