New Delhi: India told the United States of America on Monday that even though the civilian government in Pakistan wanted to go ahead with talks but its military was not in favour of close bilateral relationship. India conveyed its disappointment with the Pakistani leadership during the bilateral talks between US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
Sources told CNN-IBN that Singh and Obama discussed Pakistan, China, Afghanistan and Iran with the Indian side making it clear that even though New Delhi was making efforts to improve its relation with Pakistan but the response from Islamabad was not very encouraging.
Pointing External Affairs Minister SM Krishna's visit to Islamabad in July, the India side told the US that the behaviour of Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi during the tour clearly demonstrated that Islamabad was not keen on talks. Singh also told Obama that India wanted to go ahead with peace process and had already invited Qureshi.
Qureshi had claimed that the Indian delegation was receiving instructions on phone from New Delhi throughout the talks on July 15 and Krishna had not been authorised to take any decision.
Singh also spoke about Pakistan-based terror groups and specifically referred to Lashkar-e-Toiba, which reportedly masterminded the November 2008 attacks on Mumbai.
Singh told Obama that Lashkar was a common threat to both India and US.
The Indian side also thanked the US for access to lashkar operative David Coleman Headley and said that his confession on links with ISI must be investigated.
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