London, July 20 (ANI): British Foreign Secretary William hague has told visiting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari that the David cameron Government has firmly told Pakistan to take steps to dismantle the terro infrastructure on its soil.
During their meeting here on Tuesday, Hague informed Gadkari that Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has assured him that the leadership in Pakistan wanted to tackle terrorism in the country.
Gadkari had called on Hague soon after the latter had had a meeting with Gilani in London.
The BJP president is the first Indian leader to get a British briefing about their talks with Gilani.
He said Pakistan was facing problems in tackling terrorism as they were not in control of the entire territory and they were facing attacks as well.
Britain has told the Pakistani leadership that both Delhi and Islamabad should resolve their problems and cooperate with each other in economic field.
"We don't have an answer to your bilateral issues, but we do feel economic cooperation between the two countries should be encouraged," Hague told Gadkari.
Pakistan too, should concentrate on economic growth like India if they wanted to get over the current situation and, therefore should promote economic cooperation with India, Hague added.
Hague also said that Pakistan has been told to focus on reconciliatory efforts in Afghanistan.
Gadkari urged Hague to use his influence with Pakistan and put pressure on them to dismantle their terror machine against India.
He said that this was necessary before both countries could engage them in meaningful dialogue on all bilateral issues, including cooperation between the two countries in various fields.
Gadkari, who is on a six-day visit to the UK, during his 30-minute meeting exchanged views with Hague on the entire gamut of Indo-British relations.
Gadkari conveyed to Hague BJP's appreciation of the British government's repeated advice to Islamabad to stop exporting terror to India and other places. (ANI)
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