Press Trust of India Posted online: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at 1234 hours IST Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at 1649 hours IST
New York, September 14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done some plain-speaking on the violence in Jammu and Kashmir, telling US President George W. Bush that Pakistan still controls the flow of terror into the state.
"This flow must stop for any real progress to be made in the peace process," he told the US leader at a meeting shortly after arriving here on a four-day visit during which he will address the UN General Assembly and meet with other top world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Hu Jintao.
Singh, who has maintained that he continued to trust Musharraf and that he was looking forward to meeting at dinner, gave this assessment of the Indo-Pak peace process in response to Bush's queries on the subject.
Another important topic at the meeting, held at Bush's request, was the 'landmark' agreement reached between the two leaders in July under which the US Administration would seek Congressional approval to lift restrictions on supplies of equipment and fuel for India's civilian nuclear programme subject to India also fulfilling its commitments, including separating its civilian and military nuclear facilities.
Bush told the Prime Minister that he remained fully committed to the agreement and hoped that he would get the US Congressional approval for it. In response, Singh said he had Indian Parliament's backing for the agreement, although he was surprised that his predecessor Atal Behari Vajpayee had been sharply critical of it.
New York, September 14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done some plain-speaking on the violence in Jammu and Kashmir, telling US President George W. Bush that Pakistan still controls the flow of terror into the state.
