Window of opportunities with pakistan closing: Parrikar
June 04, 2016 15:03
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Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi had opened a window of goodwill and dialogue with Pakistan, it was now closing as doubts remained about its sincerity in tackling terrorism.
"Prime Minister Modi opened a window of opportunities when he visited (the) Pakistan prime minister. I think that window is slowly closing. Before it closes, Pakistan needs to develop that trust with India on its sincerity on the approach," he said.
"Pakistan separates terrorists between good ones and bad ones. They are after bad ones but the good ones are promoted to operate in Afghanistan and India. I think that needs to be tackled at a diplomatic level," Parrikar said.
His comments at Shangri-La Dialogue, an inter-governmental security forum in Singapore, that referred to PM Modi's surprise visit to Lahore in December last year, was backed by a tweet from BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav.