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Any meaningful dialogue with Pakistan was "realistically possible" only after it dismantled the infrastructure of terrorism on its soil, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said Wednesday while refuting allegations that India was fomenting insurgency in Waziristan.
"We have conveyed many times our desire to engage in meaningful dialogue with Pakistan," Rao said.
But a dialogue with Pakistan was "realistically possible only after Pakistan dismantled the infrastructure of terrorism on its soil. Pakistan must fulfil its commitment not to allow its territory to be used for terror activities against India”, she said.
"There is no factual basis to these allegations. We have always wanted good relations with Pakistan," Rao later told reporters when asked about Pakistan's allegation that it had enough evidence to substantiate that India was funding terror in South Waziristan.
Athar Abbas, who is the spokesperson of Pakistan military, had mentioned that Pakistan had enough proof that India was among the nations who were providing funds for creating terror in Baluchistan.
He alleged that Pakistani security forces had seized Indian-made arms and equipment from the Taliban bastion of South Waziristan and added that Islamabad would soon raise the issue through diplomatic channels.
"The Pakistan Foreign Office has been informed of the discovery of Indian ammunition. The matter would be taken up through diplomatic channels with the Indian authorities," he said.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Tuesday had refuted the allegations, saying Pakistan's internal developments were of "their own making".
She has also called for the curbing of terrorist outfits in nations across the world.
