BANGALORE, Apr 6:
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today objected to Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani’s statement that India had not given enough information on LeT founder Hafiz Saeed’s involvement in the Mumbai terror attack, saying the dossier sent by the Home Minister contained all details.
‘Islamabad has chosen not to conduct an investigation. No amount denial can exonerate Saeed unless there is judicial inquiry so responsible. But unfortunately Pakistan government has not felt it proper to investigate this,’ he told reporters at his Sadashiv Nagar residence here.
Mr Krishna said the dossier Home Minister P Chidambaram had given to Islamabad had every detail on Saeed’s involvement in attacks on Mumbai.
Mr Gilani had said that the matter of Saeed was an ‘internal issue’ and if there is any concrete proof against him then it should be provided to his country.
The External affairs minister said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s meeting with Pakistan President Asif Zardari when he visits India on pilgrimage may not be in detail.
‘I expect all bilateral issues will come up during the meeting. But they may not be able to go in great detail as it is a private visit of President Zardari to Ajmer. I do not know whether they would have time to go into great details,’ he said.
Zardari is coming to India to visit the Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer. Before travelling to Ajmer, Zardari will meet Dr Singh over lunch in New Delhi.
Mr Krishna, however, said things were looking up in India-Pakistan bilateral relations and going by the statements made by Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, there had been a change in mind set in Pakistan regarding the bilateral relations.
‘From whatever I have gathered in last three years, Ms Rabbani has told me personally (during her visit to India last year) that there is a mind-set that has changed in Pakistan. I believe in her. India-Pakistan bilateral (relationship) is looking up. Eventually it will,’ he added.
On Chinese objection to India exploring oil in the disputed areas of South China Sea, Krishna said South China Sea was the ‘property of the world’.
‘ASEAN countries have accepted this. China has also accepted it,’ he asserted.
Mr Krishna, however, stressed that there was absolutely no strain in relationship between India and China and it was evident from the recent visit of China’s Prime Minister to Delhi, he added. (UNI)
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