New Delhi: India is awaiting a response from Pakistan to its fresh proposals for normalising ties but made it clear that there was no change in its position that bilateral talks could be resumed only after Islamabad put an end to cross-border terrorism.

"Pakistan has said that it will consider the proposals seriously. We will await their response," External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha told Zee TV.

He said if both sides implemented the measures announced by India, it would help bring people of the two countries closer and put pressure on the Pakistani establishment to think.

On the issue of resumption of talks, he said, "This can take place only when cross-border terrorism stops. There is no change in our position on this issue."

Asked about Pakistan's denial over the presence of underworld don Dawood Ibrhaim in that country, Sinha said after the US declared him a global terrorist, India had again asked Islamabad to hand him over.

If this was not done, it will only prove that the Pakistan government was giving refuge to terrorists in their soil, he said.

He said Pakistan has to realise that none of their objectives would be realised by supporting cross- border terrorism. "The day they realise this, the way for talks will be opened and path cleared for normalisation of ties."

On Centre's offer to hold talks with the Hurriyat Conference, he said a response from the separatist amalgam was awaited.

PTI