NEW DELHI, April 5: Indian External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha has said that not talking to Pakistan was an effective policy and described a recent advice by the United and Britain to resume a dialogue as insensitive.
According to excerpts of his remarks in a discussion on an Indian TV channel made available on Saturday, Mr Sinha said that the demand by the two countries was particularly “insensitive” in the wake of a massacre of 24 Kashmiri Hindus in Nadimarg by alleged terrorists.
“We have tried to explain to them as clearly and as often as possible....but would agree that I don’t think they understand it hundred per cent. They understand most of it.
He said: “The difference in point of view is with regard to the dialogue. We have said clearly to them that cross-border terrorism and dialogue cannot go on simultaneously...first cross- border terrorism has to stop before a climate for dialogue is created.”
