Congress today said if voted back to power India's dialogue with Pakistan will be consistent with the "delivery" on accountability for 26/11 Mumbai terror strike and on the dismantling of terror infrastructure in Pakistan.
On Sri Lanka, the party manifesto said its government will engage with that country to ensure Tamil-speaking people and other minorities there have full equality and equal rights under the law.
The manifesto for Lok Sabha polls, released by Sonia Gandhi, said it was committed to "articulation and implementation of a "robust and dynamic" foreign policy.
Insisting that the party remained committed to building peacerful, stable and mutually beneficial relations with all major powers and all Asian neighbours, it said Congress will strive to mobilise support for India's permanent membership to the United Nations Security Council.
Noting that global terrorism must be combated with determination and cooperation, it said "we will be engaging and creating a robust framework on intelligence-sharing, cutting out financial flows to terrorist outfits and stopping money laundering to address the issue of terrorism."
On Pakistan, it said "we will encourage the new government's stated position to improve relations with India but calibrate the dialogue consistent with delivery on accountabilty for 26/11 as well as dismantling of the infrastructure of terrorism on Pakistani soil."
As regards China and particularly the border issue, it said the party expected to proceed with mature efforts with China to work thrugh estabilshed instruments towards resolution of differences of perception about the Line of Actual Control even as bilateral economic cooperation and multilateral cooperation continued to grow.
On Sri Lanka, it said the party will continue to press the island nation to implement the 13th Amendment and create autonomous provinces, especially the one in the North and the East.
It also said "we will work with other countries to prevail upon Sri Lanka to ensure a credible, objective, time-bound inquiry into allegations of human rights violations and excesses committed by the Lankan forces..."
On Afghanistan, it believed that the real threat is not within "but from terrorism beyond its borders."
"If the peace process remains Afghan-owned and Afghan- driven, we will work to support it," the manifesto said.
