The Obama Administration on Thursday
supported India's move to submit the list of its 50 most wanted
fugitives to Pakistan, saying this is part of the on-going dialogue
between the two neighbours.
"I think submitting this list is
part of this dialogue that they have ongoing between their Home
Secretaries about steps that Pakistan can take to again reduce the
threat from Pakistan based terrorists against India. Obviously we
support that. We haven't really coordinated on that list itself,
though," Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert
Blake said.
Lauding India's decision to hold talks with
Pakistan, he said, "One of the important decisions that the Indians
made earlier this year was to reengage on this full comprehensive
dialogue that they're now engaged on. Even though the Pakistanis had
not fully resolved many of the Indians' concerns."
"Their two
conditions that they had established previously were that those who had
been responsible for the Mumbai bombings had to be brought to justice
and the trials had to be completed; and then that there had to be
visible progress by the Pakistanis to stop cross-border infiltration,"
Blake said.
"I think the Pakistanis have made some efforts in
that regard, but the Indians would be the first to tell you that they
haven't fulfilled all of what the Indians were hoping for. But
nonetheless, the Indians understood that they have, like the United
States, a strategic interest in helping to stabilize Pakistan," he
said. PTI
