India ready to walk extra mile if Pakistan acts against terror: Manmohan

India is willing to walk the "extra mile" to open a new chapter in relations with Pakistan but it must act decisively against terrorism, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today.
Addressing the Majlis-al-Shura or the Saudi Consultative Council here, he said India seeks a cooperative relationship with Pakistan for permanent peace as both countries are bound together by a shared future.
"We seek cooperative relations with Pakistan. Our objective is a permanent peace because we recognise that we are bound together by a shared future. If there is cooperation between India and Pakistan, vast opportunities will open up for trade, travel and development that will create prosperity in both countries and in South Asia as a whole," Mr Singh said.
But to realise this vision, the Indian Prime Minister said, Pakistan must "act decisively against terrorism".
"If Pakistan cooperates with India, there is no problem that we cannot solve and we can walk the extra mile to open a new chapter in relations between our two countries," Mr Singh, who is on a three-day visit to the oil-rich kingdom, said. Noting that both India and Saudi Arabia are threatened by extremism and violence, the Prime Minister said, "History teaches us that the scourge of terrorism must be confronted with determination and united effort. "Nowhere is this challenge greater than in Afghanistan," Mr Singh said.