New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on March 3 said the "failure" of the United States to persuade Pakistan against indulging in cross-border terrorism showed Washington's "weakness and we will keep this in mind while evolving future strategy".

Replying to a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the motion of thanks to the President's address, Vajpayee, in an apparent reference to the US, said, "To think that we should not trust anyone is not proper".

Despite being a nuclear power, India was a responsible state and "no one has raised questions about us and had done so only about our neighbour", he said asserting India has not created tension.

The Prime Minister said when Parliament was attacked then it seemed that the country would have to reply in a befitting manner.

However, he said, India was given assurances that Pakistan would stop terrorism and the picture was also a mixed one as there was a step up and lull in terrorist activities because of which the country remained on alert.

Taking a dig at the Opposition, which wanted to know as to what happened to his talk of "aar-par ki ladai" (fight to the finish), Vajpayee said it would have been fight to the finish if there was a war. But, the objective was achieved without fighting a war.

He said there were still positive signals and whenever they change in future, "we will react accordingly".

PTI