Voicing concern over Pakistan’s inaction against perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, including Hafiz Saeed, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirpuma Rao on Tuesday warned that India’s restraint should not be confused with weakness and said it is “very, very difficult” to resume composite dialogue at present adding that some of the leaders of these groups continue to have access to the airwaves to make threats against India.
In a TV interview, Indian Foreign Secretary said that “It is very, very difficult to be convinced in such a situation that we should set aside these concerns and just move on. And that is why, I said when you talk of resuming composite dialogue (it) becomes very, very difficult to do that in the current situation,” Rao said.
At the same time, she said the door for talks with Pakistan had never been shut.
She also declared India will not scale down its presence in Afghanistan, a Pakistani wish that is playing on American minds.
Despite the “brazen and malignant” nature of the threats India faced, Rao said, India has made several genuine efforts to restore trust and confidence. But now in the face of Pakistani intransigence, public opinion in India “can hardly be expected to support the resumption of a full-blown Composite Dialogue.”
David Dwyer, Pakistan’s fitness trainer, has decided to step down from the role after two and a half years with the side because of personal reasons.
“I have simply decided to move back to Sydney after two and half great years with the team purely for personal reasons,” Dwyer told Cricinfo. “It was a very difficult decision to make because I can see that we have made very good physical improvements in all of the players over the course of my time with the team,” Dwyer said.
The former club-level rugby player join Pakistan set-up with former coach Geoff Lawson in 2007 on a two-year contract and stayed on for over a year after Lawson was removed late in 2008. “Most importantly the friendships that I made with the coaches, players and all of those involved with the team,” he added.
Voicing concern over Pakistan’s inaction against perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, including Hafiz Saeed, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirpuma Rao on Tuesday warned that India’s restraint should not be confused with weakness and said it is “very, very difficult” to resume composite dialogue at present adding that some of the leaders of these groups continue to have access to the airwaves to make threats against India.
