India glad that US recognises Haqqani-ISI Link

NEW DELHI: India on Sunday described the US statement about the link between the dreaded Haqqani network and the Pakistan intelligence agency ISI as a vindication of its stance about the export of terror by the neighbour. The US had blamed Haqqani group and the ISI for the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanudin Rabbani.

“We have always been saying it. I am glad US finds it is also suffered under the ISI,” agency reports from New York quoting external affairs minister S M Krishna said. India and the US are slated to discuss the course of their bilateral relationship when Krishna meets Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday. Krishna said it was fine to differ with the US on issues like Syria and Libya, noting that bilateral relations depended on entirely different set of conditions.

“We don't have to agree on everything,” he said. Referring to support of nations like China in India's bid for permanent membership of the Security Council, Krishna said “this is a question which India is very serious about.” He said the restructuring of the UNSC will be a long journey. “But India believes that ultimately it will find its rightful place in the Security Council.”