Pakistan’s contention that “non-state actors” are behind terror attacks in India was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee, who said such elements are not coming from heaven but from territory under its control.
Mukherjee said Pakistan referred to elements perpetrating terrorism as non-state actors. “...Non-State actors, that is the phrase they used, then I responded by saying that non-state actors are not coming from heaven. Non-state actors are coming from territory under your (Pakistan’s) control,” Mukherjee said.
“And not now, in 2004 Pakistan agreed that their territories will not be allowed to be used by forces inimical to India,” he said in an interview with Euronews. The President made it clear that while India wants peace with Pakistan, there can be no compromise with its own territorial integrity.