WASHINGTON: Senior Indian opposition lawmaker Arun Jaitley said on Thursday the US should press Pakistan to end its “path of terror” if it plans to maintain its billions of dollars in assistance.
On a visit to Washington, Jaitley said he agreed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a range of foreign policy issues, including building closer ties with the US, but stressed differences on Pakistan. Jaitley, who leads the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Indian upper house of parliament, said the US needed to ensure that no US aid, either directly or indirectly, supported worrisome policies pursued by Pakistan. “We have always believed that any country which assists Pakistan must necessarily ensure that Pakistan gives up the path of terror as an instrument of state policy,” Jaitley said.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 25th, 2011.
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