Pakistan Yet To Show ‘Sincerity’ On 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks: India’s MEA Report

New Delhi: India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) launched its annual report on Monday (March 13, 2023) and acknowledged that Pakistan has did not ship justice to the households of the 2008 Mumbai terror assaults. In its 345-page report, which was ready by the Policy Planning Division of the Ministry, the MEA highlighted Pakistan’s persistent cross-border terrorism, infiltration, and smuggling of arms into India throughout the Line of Control and International Boundary.

“Pakistan is yet to show sincerity in delivering justice to the families of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. India has consistently stressed the need for Pakistan to take credible, irreversible, and verifiable action to end cross-border terrorism,” the report stated.

As many as 166 individuals, together with 20 safety drive personnel and 26 overseas nationals, have been killed, whereas over 300 individuals have been injured on November 26, 2008, within the Mumbai terror assaults.

India has repeatedly raised the difficulty of Pakistan’s continued assist to cross-border terrorism in bilateral, regional, and multilateral boards, and has shared credible inputs relating to the Pakistani origins of captured terrorists.

In addition to cross-border terrorism, the MEA report additionally identified how Pakistan engages in “hostile propaganda to vilify India and divert attention from its domestic political and economic failures”. 

The report acknowledged that India has unequivocally rejected all actions and statements by Pakistan on issues that are fully inner to India, together with Jammu and Kashmir.

The MEA’s annual report offers a complete overview of India’s overseas coverage and its interactions with different international locations. 

The report’s crucial feedback on Pakistan mirror the state of ties between the 2 neighboring international locations, significantly over the difficulty of terrorism. 

Despite occasional makes an attempt to enhance relations, such because the latest ceasefire settlement alongside the LoC, vital variations stay unresolved.