According to secret US cables released by WikiLeaks, the US had told Pakistan that it needs to put into place a new security arrangement with India as a pre-condition for a much-sought civilian nuclear deal with Washington. Powerful Senator and foreign policy czar John Kerry told President Asif Ali Zardari in a meeting in Islamabad on February 16, 2010, that the stability of Pakistan's democratic institutions would also be a determining factor for US to consider a bilateral nuclear deal agreement on the lines of one with India. The detail of the meeting is reported in a secret cable of the US Embassy in Islamabad. The United States has termed the release of these secret documents as illegal and an act of crime. At the same time, the US has neither denied nor confirmed the authenticity of each of these cable. Another confidential cable from the US embassy in Islamabad leaked by WikiLeaks reports, Senator John Kerry had asked Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to present before India Pakistan's plan of action for fighting terrorism if it was “really serious” in resuming Indo-Pak dialogue. But the Premier expressed concern that the public would not support the idea. Kerry told Gilani that this would be a clear “confidence builder” that would make India more willing to move forward in talks.