“I hope that India finds a way to move faster and deal with the challenges with the decisions that have to be taken”, he said. “The United States remains committed to bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai and Pathankot attacks to justice”.
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“We can not and will not make distinctions between good and bad terrorists”, Kerry said. “Terror is terror no matter where it comes from, (or) who carries it out”.
To a question on resumption of India-Pakistan talks, Swaraj said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Pakistan in December 2015 “and we got Pathankot in return”. Pakistan is trying suspects in the Mumbai attacks, in which 166 people died. Early this year, students of Jawaharlal Nehru University, too, were booked after they allegedly organised an event protesting against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
‘We repeated our stand that Pakistan should stop providing safe havens to terror groups.
India’s foreign minister said the two sides had agreed on what she called the “urgent necessity for Pakistan to disable safe havens and terrorist networks”.
He said the sides had reached an understanding on financing to help India meet its ambitious renewable energy targets.
‘We agree on additional measures to strengthen our counterterrorism, ‘ said Swaraj. “We will intensify intelligence sharing”. Now it is an established power with a footprint that affects the entire planet.
USA giant Westinghouse is set to build six nuclear reactors in India as part of will build six nuclear reactors in India under a civil nuclear accord reached between the two nations in 2008.
In the meantime, India’s Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is visiting Washington, and US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter signed an agreement that allows the two allies to use each other’s land, air and maritime military bases “for fix and resupply”.
Carter said the agreement would make joint operations between their militaries logistically easier and more efficient, while praising the strength of their overall relationship. He also reaffirmed India as a major defence partner. The two-way trade between the countries stood at about Dollars 109 billion past year.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said she will look into India’s concerns over the hike in visa fees for professionals.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday that she told Secretary of State John Kerry that “Pakistan will have to take tough actions against LeT, Jaish and D-Company”.
US Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Tuesday for more cooperation with India on security and trade as the world’s two biggest democracies try to strengthen ties, in part to counter China’s rising influence.
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Mr Kerry asserted that his country “stands in strong partnership with India” against all terrorism, even as Ms Swaraj said terror from Pakistan and dialogue with Pakistan can not go together, adding that there would be no talks till Pakistan acted against terrorism emanating from its soil.
