New Delhi: India on Wednesday clarified that talks on action against terror groups by Pakistan will be the top priority during the Foreign Secretary-level talks.
Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar while speaking at the inaugural panel of the maiden Raisina Dialogoue, organised by Observer Research Foundation in association with the External Affairs ministry in New Delhi, said, "In the aftermath of a terror attack, if you ask me what do you give priority to, a terrorist attack or a diplomatic dialogue, I think the answer should be obvious."
He said, both India and Pakistan were in touch with each other following the Pathankot terror attack at the level of National Security Advisers (NSA).
On the context of improving ties with Pakistan, he said India was for a "much more modern relationship" with Islamabad. "I think there was a need to have change in attitude towards a number of issues of which terrorism is a central one", he added.
"It takes two hands to clap and that India would like to have same kind of ties with Islamabad like with other neighbours. We need to remove obstacles which are coming in between India and Pakistan. Most people in this country want to treat Pakistan as a normal neighbor," Jaishankar said.
India had blamed terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed's chief Masood Azhar for the Pathankot terror attack and provided evidences to Pakistan for adequate action against the perpetrators.
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