Manmohan Singh’s Statement Can’t Take Lightly: FM

PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan has taken the recent statement of Indian Prime Minister “very seriously” and asked the neighboring country to share the information is supposed to have regarding any plans of attack on India by alleged Pakistani terrorist groups.

Indian PM Manmohan Singh on Monday told a security conference in New Delhi that some Pakistan-based terrorist groups were planning another Mumbai-like attack on India.

Talking to newsmen here Tuesday, the FM said that he asked the concerned officials of his ministry soon after the Manmohan Singh’s statement to summon the Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad on the issue.

“We want an exchange of that credible information that India supposed to posses on which this allegation is based as the two countries had decided in Sharm El Shiek to cooperate in information sharing with each other for curbing menace of terrorism.”

“We can’t take any such statement lightly. Pakistan wants peaceful and friendly relationship with all its neighbors and that’s why it wants that the misunderstandings should be ratified. So, let’s see what they respond to us,” the FM told the media persons.

To a query, Qureshi said US wants a long-term relationship with Pakistan and its economic assistance for the country is a proof of its ambitions.