This Article is From Jun 10, 2009

Burns on four-day visit to India

New Delhi: US Under Secretary of State William Burns will undertake a four-day visit here from
Wednesday during which India is expected to convey its disappointment over Pakistan's inaction against perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks.

Burns, the first high-ranking US official to visit India during the second tenure of Manmohan Singh government, will meet External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and hold talks with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon.

The two sides are expected to discuss the situation in the region in the context of terrorism besides the proposed bilateral 'End Users Agreement' in the defence sector.

In the backdrop of release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the Indian side is expected to convey its disappointment over Pakistan's inaction against those responsible for the 26/11 attacks.

New Delhi feels Saeed was set free by the Lahore High Court after six-month detention as the Pakistan government did not file adequate charges against him.

India underlines that the prosecution of Saeed, whose outfit JuD has been banned by the UN Security Council, is part of dismantling the terror infrastructure existing in Pakistan.

New Delhi is not impressed by Pakistan's war against the Taliban in Swat Valley and other areas as it maintains that the groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, which
hurt India, have been left untouched in that campaign.

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