Germany to take up terror issue with Pakistan
Sachin Parashar, TNN, Dec 12, 2010, 04.59am IST
BERLIN: After getting the European Union (EU) to come down heavily on cross-border terrorism and terror safe havens, India scored another diplomatic victory on Saturday when Germany said Pakistan cannot use terror as a means to any end. After a bilateral meeting with PM Manmohan Singh, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, while talking about terrorist attacks against India, Berlin would take up the terror issue with Islamabad.
"We want to do whatever we can to make it clear to Pakistan that terror cannot be a means to an end in solving a political problem. We will make it clear to Pakistan that terror is unacceptable," said Merkel. On Friday, at the 11th EU-India summit, the two sides for the first time had issued a joint declaration on international terrorism.
According to senior officials accompanying the PM, this was the first time such a strong statement had come out from the EU. While the German Chancellor also complimented India for the stand taken by India at the Cancun conference on climate change, Singh said the world must continue to build upon the progress that has been made at the conference.
"India will play its part in arriving at a pragmatic and balanced solution within the framework of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change," said Manmohan Singh.
With both India and Germany set to take over as non-permanent member of UNSC next month, the two leaders said both countries will work together within G4 to advance UN reforms and also to strengthen and advance their permanent membership claim.
For the first time, the two sides also discussed the possibilities of entering into bilateral cooperation in civil nuclear energy.
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