United Nations: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday proposed for NSA-level talks with Pakistan to discuss all terror-issues and Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) meet to discuss border situation. The minister was speaking at the General Debate of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Responding to Pakistan's proposal, Swaraj said, " We don't need four points, we need just one; give up terror and let's sit down and talk".
"Yesterday the Prime Minister of Pakistan proposed what he termed as a four-point new peace initiative. I would like to respond. We do not need four points, we need just one - give up terrorism and let us sit down and talk.
This was precisely what was discussed and decided by the two Prime Ministers at Ufa this July. Let us hold talks at the level of NSAs on all issues connected to terrorism and an early meeting of our Directors General of Military Operations to address the situation on the border. If the response is serious and credible, India is prepared to address all outstanding issues through a bilateral dialogue", she said.
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, she said, "Countries that provide finances to terrorists, safe havens, arms must be made to pay a heavy price by the international community."
The minister also hit out at Pakistan for not honouring past assurances on ending cross-border terrorism. She said that the mastermind behind the 26/11 attacks is walking free.
"Not only have past assurances in this regard not been honoured but new cross- border terrorist attacks have taken place recently, in which two terrorists from across the border have also been captured alive. We all know that these attacks are meant to destabilize India and legitimize Pakistan's illegal occupation of parts of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir and its claim on the rest of it", she said.
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