Demanding that Islamabad must deliver on its "frequently indicated promise" of bringing those responsible for 26/11 to book, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said "we do hope this (resumption of cricketing ties) will be seen more of an attempt to persuade those people that this is collaborative effort and what was a conflict must be put to an end.
"It is a conflict on which there must be delivery of expectations that we have but we don't want the clock to come to a standstill, the clock does move forward..."
The minister, addressing a press conference here, said "as far as cricket is concerned, we are certainly concerned about issues that relates to accountability for very unforeseen attack on our citizens and we expect all countries, including our neighbour country Pakistan, to deliver on their frequently indicated promise that they will make these people accountable. There is no question of dilution of our demand and expectation..." (more)
