Pak terror infrastructure threat to world: Pranab

New Delhi, Dec 22 (PTI) Terming terror infrastructure
in Pakistan as the "greatest danger" to the entire world,
India Monday said the efforts made by the international
community to deal with the situation are "not enough" and New
Delhi will use "all measures" necessary to tackle the problem.

Slamming Pakistan for not keeping its promise of ending
cross-border terrorism, External Affairs Minister Pranab
Mukherjee said India is "not closing any options".

Mukherjee said the Mumbai strikes and the attack on
Kabul Embassy show that terrorism emanating from Pakistan is
"acquiring an increasingly dangerous dimension and continues
to threaten peace and stability in this region and beyond."

Addressing a conference of Indian Ambassadors and High
Commissioners here, he said India has sought the support of
the international community to put pressure on Pakistan to
"deal effectively" with terrorism.

India has highlighted that the infrastructure of
terrorism in Pakistan has to be dismantled permanently, he
told the first-of-its-kind conclave being held in the backdrop
of a fresh chill in relations between New Delhi and Islamabad.

"We are not saying this because we are affected but
because we believe that it will be good for the entire world
and also for Pakistani people and society," he underlined.

Describing the terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan as
the "greatest terrorist danger to peace and security of the
entire civilised world," Mukherjee said "there has been some
effort so far by the international community but this is not
enough."

"Much more needs to be done (by the international
community) and the actions should be pursued to their logical
conclusion," Mukherjee said, adding India needs "effective
steps" not only to bring to justice those responsible for
Mumbai attacks but also to ensure that such acts of terrorism
do not recur.


"Unfortunately, Pakistan's response so far has
demonstrated their earlier tendency to resort to a policy of
denial and to seek to deflect and shift the blame and
responsibility," the External Affairs Minister said.

He said India expects the "civilian government" of
Pakistan to take effective steps to deal with elements within
that country "who still continue the use of terrorism as an
instrument of state policy."

Mukherjee said India has "so far acted with utmost
restraint" and is hopeful that the international community
will use its influence to urge Pakistani government to take
effective action.

"While we continue to persuade the international
community and Pakistan, we are also clear that ultimately it
is we who have to deal with this problem," he said, adding "we
will take all measures necessary as we deem fit to deal with
the situation."

Later talking to reporters, Mukherjee said Pakistan
cannot "shirk" its responsibility of fulfilling its "promises"
and "commitments" given to India on ending cross-border
terrorism.

"In pursuit of our objectives, we are not closing any
option. We will explore all options because we are obliged as
our people were killed and properties destroyed," he said.

"The recent terrorist attack on Mumbai was unprecedented
both in terms of its scale and audacity," Mukherjee said.

"We expect Pakistan to do whatever it has committed. We
want it to fulfill its promises, fulfill its commitments as a
responsible member of the comity of nations," he said.

On whether military action could be one of the options,
he shot back saying, "If you ask about military conflict,
nobody will say about it in the media. There is a particular
situation. We have kept our options open.

"Asking questions about military action does not serve my
interest or your interest," the External Affairs Minister
said, asking mediapersons to be judicious in posing questions.

In his address to the Heads of Missions, he said India
has continued with efforts to deepen engagement, either
bilaterally or multilaterally, even by assuming a built-in
asymmetry in responsibilities.

"An objective assessment shows that this policy has
yielded results, except with Pakistan," he said.

Citing the July 7 suicide attack on Indian embassy in
Kabul, Mukherjee said steps were being taken to strengthen the
security of Indian missions abroad so that such incidents
could be avoided.

The government is also in the process of classifying
Indian missions in different categories depending upon threat
perception and to provide them with requisite number of
professionally-trained security guards and security equipment,
he said. PTI