India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani during their meeting at the 15th Non-Aligned Movement summit in Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Thursday, July 16, 2009.
There were great expectations about the Manmohan-Gilani meeting at the just concluded NAM summit in Egypt. TV reports at the end of the discussion indicated that India has watered down its position and Gilani assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of action against terror. Nothing more, nothing less. The customary joint statement issued by the two reaffirmed that both sides will continue the dialogue to promote better neighbourly relations. The joint statement agreed that the two countries will share "real time credible and actionable information on any future terrorist threat".
India has been demanding that Pakistan punish all those behind the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai. Pakistan's dossier on the probe into the Nov 26 Mumbai attacks, presented to the Indian charge d'affairs in Islamabad Saturday night, contained the identities of five people who are under arrest. It also lists nine proclaimed offenders they are looking for. Still, there was no commitment on the part of Gilani as to what action will be taken by the Pakistan government against the guilty what it will do to check cross-border terrorism.
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