<div>India on Friday said the Government of Pakistan cannot escape from the responsibility of curbing terrorism emanating from the territory under its control. <br /><br />“At some stage, the differentiation (between state and non-state actors) is not gone out on the ground. There is a connect between state actors and non-state actors, which is why we use the word ‘sponsored’,” Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said on Friday. “The state cannot escape responsibility (of cross-border terror attacks) by saying it is (the) non-state, (which is responsible). That is a false dichotomy,” he added.<br /><br />The foreign secretary made the remark in response to a query at a conference on “South Asia Looking East” held in New Delhi by the East West Centre, a think-tank based in the United States.</div>
<div>India on Friday said the Government of Pakistan cannot escape from the responsibility of curbing terrorism emanating from the territory under its control. <br /><br />“At some stage, the differentiation (between state and non-state actors) is not gone out on the ground. There is a connect between state actors and non-state actors, which is why we use the word ‘sponsored’,” Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said on Friday. “The state cannot escape responsibility (of cross-border terror attacks) by saying it is (the) non-state, (which is responsible). That is a false dichotomy,” he added.<br /><br />The foreign secretary made the remark in response to a query at a conference on “South Asia Looking East” held in New Delhi by the East West Centre, a think-tank based in the United States.</div>
