India on Sunday said the normalisation of bilateral ties with Pakistan can only be in an atmosphere free of terror.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, who had a 30-minute meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in Tokyo on Sunday underlined the importance of taking action to bring perpetrators of 26/11 to justice, maintaining that New Delhi has given additional concrete evidence against those involved.
Krishna, who met Khar on the sidelines of a conference on Afghanistan, also raised the issue of LeT founder Hafiz Saeed's pouring venom and continued anti-India propaganda.
The External Affairs Minister also raised issues related to Sarabjit Singh, currently on a death row, and other Indian prisoners in Pakistan.
Official sources said the two ministers had candid and constructive discussion in a cordial atmosphere during which they also shared their assessment of the outcome of their Foreign Secretary-level talks held in New Delhi two days ago.
During the Secretary-level talks, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai had shared with his counterpart Jalil Abbas
Jilani the information gathered from Jundal who revealed that he, along with Saeed, was in the control room in Pakistan during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Mathai also shared the information on Pakistani passport and Pakistan's domestic identity cards issued to Jundal in the name of Riyasat Ali, indicating the involvement of Pakistan's state agencies in the Mumbai attacks.
On her part, Khar assured India that new Pakistan government was committed to former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's goal of bridging relations with India.
The two leaders also shared views on Krishna's forthcoming visit to Pakistan in September.
AIR correspondent reports, India has missed no opportunity to tell Pakistan that it has to dismantle the terror structure in its country if it sincerely wants to improve bilateral relations with India. Unfortunately Pakistan has been living in a denial mode all through.
Mr Krishna is likely to go to Islamabad next month to hold formal talks with his counterpart. People on both sides of the border hope better wisdom to prevail in dealing with the challenge posed by the terrorist to pave the way for sorting out other bilateral issues.
