Tension along the Indo-Pak border had largely reduced but the situation was not yet normal and it will depend on Pakistan's action, Defence Minister A K Antony today said.         

Asserting that India is "not a war mongering country", he said the normalisation process will take some time and added it depended on mutal confidence building measures and "mainly on the actions of Pakistan".         

"Tension along the border has largely reduced in view of the recent telephonic discussions between the defence officials. However, the situation has not yet normalised," he told reporters in Kozhikode.         

"I cannot set a time limit for normalisation, but it depends on the approach and actions of Pakistan," Antony said. Tension along the Line of Control had increased between the two countries after the killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops on January 8 in the J&K's Mendhar sector. One of them, Lance Naik Hemraj, was beheaded.