Pakistan terror a direct threat: Pranab

NEW DELHI: Foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that terrorism in Pakistan poses a direct threat to India and global peace.

Responding to Pakistan���s admission about part of the Mumbai terror attacks conspiracy planned on its land, Mukherjee said that we will not rest until the terrorists behind Mumbai terror attacks are brought to justice.

Welcoming Pakistan's response to the Mumbai dossier, he said India will monitor further actions by Islamabad with regard to ending cross-border terror and underlined that the neighbour has to choose what kind of ties it wants with New Delhi.

Addressing the parliament right after railways minister Lalu Prasad presented his interim rail budget, Mukherjee said that the Mumbai attacks were a crime committed against India.

We made it clear to Pakistan that terror from its soil is a direct threat to India, he said.

Foreign minister also said that the primary onus of 26/11 responsibility lies with Pakistan.

Blaming Pakistan for displaying a sense of victimhood following the Mumbai attacks, Mukherjee said that Pakistan's initial response to 26/11 was inappropriate.

The minister further said that much on the future of bilateral ties will depend on what actions Islamabad takes to take the Mumbai case to its logical end.

He said the "substantial gains" in the process of normalisation achieved during the last five years are at "grave risk" as the dialogue process is premised on the commitments given by Pakistan that territories under its control would not be used for terrorism against India in any manner.

"In their official response, the Pakistan authorities have admitted that elements in Pakistan were involved in the terrorist attacks on Mumbai... This is a positive development," Mukherjee told the House, a day after Islamabad conveyed its response.

He noted that Pakistan is still in the process of investigating the attacks and have taken certain actions, including the arrest of some of those who were involved and filed FIRs in Pakistan.