Moscow: Ahead of External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha's Moscow visit, Russia on February 18 asked Pakistan to stop cross-border terrorism against India and disband terrorist infrastructure on Pak soil.

"Islamabad must fulfil all its obligations on putting an end to cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as disband the terrorist infrastructure, to help create the required preconditions for resumption of a peace dialogue between the two countries," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko said, on the eve of Sinha's arrival for a two-day visit.

Yakovenko noted that particular attention will be paid to the situation in South Asia in the context of the need to de-escalate the tensions in Indo-Pak relations during Sinha's Moscow talks.

Sinha is the first senior Indian leader to visit Russia after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's talks with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this month.

Yakovenko's statement reflects Kremlin's disappointment at the talks with Pakistani leader, who denied that Islamabad was abetting anti-India terrorism across the lino of control (LoC) in J&K.

PTI