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It’s Pak’s Responsibility to Fight Terror Groups on its Soil: MEA

Vikas Swarup also said that India has raised with China the recent Uri attack and Pakistan’s involvement in it.

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India today hoped that the bill introduced by two senior American lawmakers in the US House of Representatives to designate Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism, will be treated with “utmost seriousness”.

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External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup also said India has raised with China the recent Uri attack and Pakistan’s involvement in it as well as the issue of UN designation for Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar by the 1267 Sanctions Committee.

It reflects the acknowledgement in the US Congress that a country to which the US had channelled so much aid is actually the epicentre of terrorism which has also targeted Americans and American interests. The present bill has been introduced by two of the senior most and highly respected members of the Congress and I am sure it will be treated with utmost seriousness.
Vikas Swarup, Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs

The bill has been moved by Republican Ted Poe and Democrat Dana Rohrabacher, who is a ranking member of the influential Congressional Committee on Terrorism.

Swarup mentioned that India has taken up the banning of Azhar as well with China. However, he did not elaborate further. It is understood that the issues have been taken at the “diplomatic level”.

China had blocked India’s effort to get Azhar, a Mumbai terror attack mastermind, banned by the UN. It is in the interest of Pakistan to act swiftly against terrorists who they harbour, he added. On whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Pakistan to attend SAARC Summit in early November, he remained non-committal, saying:

Every question does not have a yes or no answer.

Video Editor: Purnendu Pritam

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