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Pakistan vows to act on Mumbai suspects

India urges quicker probe

AFP, New York
Pakistan's foreign minister assured his Indian counterpart here Sunday that Pakistani militants blamed for last year's deadly Mumbai attacks would be tried soon but urged a broader dialogue on all bilateral issues.
After nearly two hours of talks with SM Krishna of India, Shah Mahmood Qureshi told reporters: "the formal trial (of the seven Pakistani suspects) will start on Oct 3. Pakistan
wants to see the trial to its logical conclusion."
Earlier Krishna told a separate press conference: "The (Mumbai probe) process must gather further momentum."
The seven suspects are accused by India of carrying out the Mumbai attacks that left 166 people dead.
"The process must gather further momen turn," SM Krishna told reporters after meeting herewith his Pakistani counterpart Shah Qureshi.
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But he added that "a crime of the magnitude committed in Mumbai would not have been done by seven individuals. There were forces behind them."
He urged Pakistan to "look into groups that are backing them." He described the meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly session as "useful, constructive and candid.”
"We will be monitoring steps on that score very carefully," Krishna said. But he made clear that new Delhi had "legitimate concerns" that groups operating from Pakistan continue to pose a threat to India.
But Qureshi also said he proposed to Krishna "a way forward (for a broader dialogue) and a roadmap for the future" as was agreed at a summit between the prime ministers of India and Pakistan in Sharm-el-Sheikh earlier this year.
"We cannot pick and choose and confine our discussions to only one issue," he noted, stressing that he also raised the territorial dispute over Kashmir, which has triggered two wars between India and Pakistan, the water issue and bilateral trade.
Pakistan's top diplomat would not give details of the proposed roadmap but said it had a time frame.
The two ministers described their meeting here on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly as "positive' and "constructive" but also as "candid" and "frank."
Krishna said India will be monitoring the trial of the seven Pakistani suspects in the Mumbai attacks "very carefully."
He noted that the trial itself was only "the beginning of a process" and that new Delhi had "legitimate concerns" that groups operating from Pakistan continue
to pose a threat to India.
"A crime of the magnitude committed in Mumbai would not have been done by seven individuals. There were forces behind them," Krishna said, urging Pakistan to "look into groups that are backingthem."
With respect to any extremist threats against India from Pakistan, Qureshi replied: "If they have information, share it with us so we can help you."
Qureshi said India was welcomed to monitor the trial but made clear that his country had decided "to take action against the perpetrators... (of what) we consider to be a heinous crime."
"Pakistan wants a resumption of the dialogue (with India) not because of any weakness (on our part) but because this is the only sensible way forward... I want to see a normalisation," he added and even offered to travel to New Delhi.
He said Pakistani public opinion and political class broadly support engagement with India but warned that "it will harden if they (the Indians) drag their feet."
He however welcomed Krishna's speech to the General Assembly in which the latter said India was "committed to establishing good neighbourly relations and resolving all outstanding issues with Pakistan through peaceful dialogue."
The peace process between the neighbours was put on hold following the deadly November 2008 attacks on India's financial capital.
New Delhi has blamed the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and said it has "overwhelming evidence" that "official agencies" in Pakistan were involved in plotting and carrying out the 60-hour siege.