Indian external affairs minister Salman Khurshid. PHOTO: FILE
SRINAGAR: Indian external affairs minister Salman Khurshid said that the Pakistan government must own the responsibility of the attacks on Indian soldiers and the recent firing that allegedly took place in violation of the 2003 ceasefire.
"The responsibility must rest with the government. Our meeting point is the civilian elected government of Pakistan, not the Pakistan Army or any other agency," he said.
Khurshid evaded a direct reply to a question on whether there would be a meeting between the prime ministers of the two countries on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York.
Referring to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's statement on the killing of five Indian soldiers, Khurshid said that there was no indication of any acceptance of responsibility for the attack.
"One element is that the regret about what has happened, which has certainly been mentioned. But, there is no indication of acceptance of responsibility".
“We have said that we expect responsibility. That hasn't happened. Secondly, the other concern of what we have been expecting ... culpability for what happened in Mumbai. There has been no indication for that. And, finally, the statement doesn't take into account the outreach and the extra mile that India has periodically gone to overcome great difficulties posed," Khurshid told Karan Thapar on the Devil's Advocate programme of CNN-IBN.
Bharatya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajnath Singh said that India's patience was at an end and demanded that all dialogue between India and Pakistan be stopped after India claimed that Pakistan violated the ceasefire for the second time in a day on Sunday.
He also said that the Indian government should send back the Pakistani envoy in New Delhi back to Islamabad and that the Indian ambassador in Islamabad be called.
(Correction: An earlier version of the story incorrectly mentioned Salman Khurshid as Salman Bashir. The error is regretted.)
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@ Hamza
Don't shout man...gala kharab ho jaega...Cough,cough!
Mr. Salman Kurshid
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IT WAS ALL FAKE INDIA SETS UP THIS SITUATIONS TO STALL PEACE NEGOTIATIONS FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
THEY THINK THAT IF THEY KEEP REPEATIBG IT THAT ONE PAKISTAN SIDE IS GOING TO BELIEVE IT.
YOUR TRACKRECORD IS FULL OF LIES
@Truth: You Indian Snowden, why are you leaking all our secrets ? Oba Mama bahut marega !!
Muslims asked to accept muslims bro so what's the problem??? why we can't accept it??? are we pakistani muslims????
ETBLOGS1987
@Sara: Samjhota express happened within India. It is Indian police that identified the true culprits without any pressure from international stakeholders and there was no cross border angle to it. Plus Samjhauta e press is the exact opposite to what your government does. In that case, India didn't shirk responsibility or drag it's feet in prosecuting the culprits either.
@Lala Gee: " ... The day India will accept responsibility for what she does on LOC, Baluchistan, FATA, and elsewhere in Pakistan, the day Pakistan will also do the same. ... "
If we go by your logic, it would seem that India has a far greater kill rate INSIDE Pakistan. Something like a 1000 for every LOC death.
Small man syndromes manifest! India , grow up.
India has been fabricating "encounters ". I remember distinctly when India killed Sikhs in Kadhmir and tried to pin the blame on Pakistan . This was when Bill Clinton was touring the region back in the 90s .
Being Indian somehow means never having to apologize!??!! We don't accept it .
And remember , you are dealing with a nuclear armed country
@ Lala Gee
..and I suppose,India must accept responsibilities for disturbances inside your house(& head) as well ..
Will India own up and apologise for the killing of one of our soldier in late July? And the drone they recently sent over Pakistani airspace? And now they try to play the innocent party in this issue.
ET is sounding more and more like Imran Khan - soon they will be indistinguishable !! :)
I admire the journalism and reporting standard. They do not hire journalist but mindsets. In order to secure cheap contracts for bollywood contents, our media houses are ready to sell any thing. They cannot even figure out difference between Pakistan and India.
Thanks we either dont want any diplomatic ties with India.......RaW is th biggest terrorist organisation operating in the name if BLA, LeJ and TTP......
Two words SAMJHOTA EXPRESS! Ever since India was caught red handed, plotting a fake terrorist attack, simply to blame Pakistan, the question is, how many other fake attacks has India planned and gotten away with? How can the world believe India's lies, after being caught with her hand in the cookie jar? Not to mention that India never even bothered to apologize for falsely accusing Pakistan...and then they have the audacity to ask Pakistan to "own responsibility?" For more lies and fake attacks that are either planned by India to destroy peace talks, or to malign Pakistan? Seriously, grow up India..stop acting like a 2 year old drama queen.... This is serious, human being are being killed, stop playing around, it's been 60 years! Start acting a bit mature. India has a history of lying but this is getting too much. Funny how these "attacks" always seem to help India, as now she has another excuse not to talk peace! So keep fooling your own ppl, Pakistan has been through your ridiculous antics for the past 60 yrs, in fact, it's getting old and quite predictable! Everytime peace talks are near, voila! An attack! Cue the scary music! p.s Who killed Karkare?
Wow ET !!!!!!!! ET has now corrected and issued clarification ............ (Correction: An earlier version of the story incorrectly mentioned Salman Khurshid as Salman Bashir. The error is regretted.)
The earlier version had Salman Bashir's photo also on the news which has now been replaced with Salman Kurshid's photo.
Very funny news item. Its has mixed of Salman Khurshid, foreign minister of India, with Pakistan's high commisoner to India, Salman Bashir.
@Naveen: Yes
Are your reporters stupid or mad or both? Dont they know the difference between Salman Khurshid, Foreign Minister of India and Salman Bashir, Pakistan's High commisioner to India. You have Salman Bashir's picture and the statements all from Mr Khurshid. It would obviously be disastrous if all that Khurshid said was attributed to HC Salman Bashir. Now, please go ahead and print this.
ET editorial board still on eid vacation it's salman Khurshid not salman Bashir
The day India will accept responsibility for what she does on LOC, Baluchistan, FATA, and elsewhere in Pakistan, the day Pakistan will also do the same.
Is this man really OUR ambassador to India?
Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif genuinely wanted better relations with India but the blockade comes from a shadow superstate.
Is ET mixing up Salman Khurshid with Salman Basheer?
I wish it was Salman bashir who said that; world peace would indeed be within reach.
Well, if this is true, then it is certainly a new and bold step, and worthy of respect - and the Pak army will already have egg on its face as a consequence. Now we need to see if the Pak civilian govt can go the distance, in which case we must respond positively.