New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today (Dec 23, 2003) said any talks with Pakistani leaders on bilateral issues during his visit for the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit in Islamabad would be on the condition that it ends cross-border terrorism and dismantles terrorist infrastructure and training camps on its soil.

"The basis for any talks with Pakistan would have to be that they end cross border terrorism and dismantle terrorist infrastructure and training camps in that country," Vajapyee said addressing the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) Parliamentary Party meeting, according to party spokesman V K Malhotra.

Vajpayee, however, said during his visit to Pakistan for the SAARC Summit, he would be willing to discuss steps to increase trade and economic ties with that country, Malhotra quoted Vajpayee as saying.

The Prime Minister said he cannot predict the outcome of talks in Pakistan.

Vajpayee said since the ceasefire along the Indo-Pak border, infiltration by terrorists across the line of control (LOC) had reduced considerably.