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| Jt anti-terror mechanism still at talks level: Army chief | | | Srinagar, Nov 3 Expressing concern over continuing cross-border terrorism and infiltration, Army chief General J J Singh today said the Indo-Pak joint anti-terror mechanism was still at the discussion level.
"It (joint anti-terror mechanism) is still being discussed. We are concerned that cross border-terrorism and infiltration are continuing," he told reporters here.
He said the matter would be discussed at the proposed foreign secretary-level talks between the two countries later this month.
India and Pakistan agreed on a joint anti-terror mechanism in September at a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during the Havana NAM summit.
Commenting on reports about India inching towards agreements on Siachen and Sir Creek issues, Singh said "I think the government has been conveyed our views. We hope security concerns will be kept in mind during the foreign secretary-level talks".
He said though infiltration and cross-border terrorism continued, there was a 30 per cent decrease in violent incidents in Jammu and Kashmir and civilian casualties reduced to a minimum.
The army chief rejected the allegations of human rights violations and said a majority of the complaints during the past 15 years proved to be untrue on inquiry.
"Only 4 per cent complaints proved true and the army has awarded punishment to 110 officers, JCOs and soldiers," he said adding that complaints of human rights violations had also come down. |
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