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Pakistan criticizes Indian defence minister's terrorism remarks
Islamabad, May 24
Pakistan has criticized
Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's statement that India will use
terrorism to counter terrorism from other countries.
Indian media quoted Parrikar as saying on Thursday that India has to neutralize terrorists through terrorists.
Indian national security advisor Ajit Doval has however sought to play down Parrikar's controversial comment.
Pakistan's
Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on
Saturday expressed serious concern over the statement made by the Indian
defence minister, Dawn reported.
"This statement only confirms
Pakistan's apprehensions about India's involvement in terrorism in
Pakistan. It must be the first time that a minister of an elected
government openly advocates use of terrorism in another country on the
pretext of preventing terrorism from that country or its non-state
actors," Aziz said in a statement.
He said Pakistan sincerely pursues a policy of good neighborly relations with India.
"Terrorism
is our common enemy and it is vital for the two countries to work
together to defeat this menace, from which Pakistan has suffered much
more than almost any other country," the Pakistani adviser said.