Pakistan must not be allowed to promote export of terror: Cameron
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British Prime Minister David Cameron risked provoking a diplomatic row with Pakistan Wednesday when he came close to accusing Islamabad of exporting terrorism report agencies.

In a speech to Indian business leaders in Bangalore, the prime minister spoke of his horror when terrorists attacked Mumbai in 2008, for which Delhi blamed the Pakistani authorities, reports Internet.

Cameron said he had discussed the terror threat from Pakistan with the US president, Barack Obama last week. He will also discuss it today (Thursday) in Delhi with Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister.

He came near to endorsing India's view when he said: "We cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country is allowed to look both ways and is able, in any way, to promote the export of terror, whether to India or whether to Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world.

"That is why this relationship is important. It should be a relationship based on a very clear message: that it is not right to have any relationship with groups that are promoting terror. Democratic states that want to be part of the developed world cannot do that. The message to Pakistan from the US and the UK is very clear on that point."

Britain has spoken in the past of the terror threat that emerges from Pakistan. Gordon Brown said that a majority of terror threat to Britain emerged from the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

But the prime minister's language this morning suggested that he was coming close to endorsing the Indian view that the authorities in Pakistan have a hand in the terror. The leaked military documents from Afghanistan this week suggested that Pakistan's ISI has encouraged the Taliban.

The prime minister stood by his remarks when he appeared on Radio 4's Today programme this morning a few minutes after delivering his speech.

"The point I was simply making in response to a question is we have to be clear in our dealings with the Pakistanis, as we are and as the Americans are, that it is unacceptable for any support to be given from within Pakistan for any terrorist organisations that export terror."

Asked whether Pakistan exports terrorism, Cameron said: "I choose my words very carefully, which is that it is unacceptable for anything to happen within Pakistan that is about supporting terrorism elsewhere.

Meanwhile, Cameron Wednesday asked India to lower barriers to foreign investment in financial services and defense and pushed to further expand trade relations to create more jobs in both countries.