'Pak must act against terror groups to better ties with India'

In a strong indictment of Pakistan, Germany said groups like LeT were a creation of ISI, and Islamabad will have to satisfy India that it was acting against the terror outfit if it wants to improve relations with its neighbour.

In a strong indictment of Pakistan, Germany on Thursday said groups like LeT were a creation of ISI, and Islamabad will have to satisfy India that it was acting against the terror outfit if it wants to improve relations with its neighbour.

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"I would agree that it (Mumbai attacks) was not only the aim of just LeT but also of those who were behind it. ISI has
been creating such groups as Gen Zia-ul-Haq had said: bleed India from a thousand cuts.

"In the fight against terrorism and LeT, there is no alternative to improving the situation between two nations but
for Pakistan to give satisfaction to India that it takes action against these groups," Bernd Mutzelburg, German special
envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said.

Mutzelburg, who was addressing a seminar on global terrorism organised by ICWA, said "India is more stronger and
reasonable and has more to gain if the plant (of Foreign Secretary talks between two nations) could be made into a
tree.

"In order to take decisive steps against terrorism we would be happy if one day the condition would be right to take
up composite dialogue again (between India and Pakistan) and Germany would be willing to facilitate and support that
endeavour," he said.

However, India won a lot of sympathy and respect for its moderate, wise and well advised reaction. India renounced
surgical strikes, which might have ended in nuclear mayhem and did not fall in the trap laid by terrorists."