Expressing concern over Pakistan’s “selective approach” in tackling terrorist groups operating on its territory, India on Wednesday made it clear that there is a need for “an environment free from terror and violence” for any dialogue to be meaningful.
Enunciating this in its annual report for 2013-2014, the Defence Ministry also said existence of terrorist camps across the line of Control (lOC) and continued infiltrations are posing a challenge to India.
Moreover, security concerns vis-à-vis Pakistan have remained due to continued activities of terrorist organisations functioning from territories under its control, the report said. Also these groups pose a threat to the entire region besides a danger to Pakistan’s own internal security, the document said. On the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the report said it was “stable but fragile” and terror infrastructure across the border remains intact. “Pakistan’s support to the proxy war being waged in the State continues. The Pakistan-terrorists-separatists nexus continues its attempts to undermine the democratic process in the State,” it said.
The report said the number of ceasefire violations was relatively much higher in 2013 in comparison with the previous years but it has come down after the Director General Military Operations(DGMO)-level talks held in December 2013.