No concessions to Pak: India

NEW DELHI: The Vajpayee government will make "no further concessions" to Pakistan, highly placed government sources have told The Times of India, quelling recent speculation that the government had a roadmap for de-escalation of tension with the neighbouring country.
Neither road nor rail links nor the flights would be restored in the near future. Nor will India''s High Commissioner-designate to Pakistan Harsh Bhasin be travelling there soon.However, India''s participation in the Saarc summit remains an open issue and is "still undecided", say sources.
The government expects the status quo on the Indo-Pak front to change soon with the US and UK coming under greater pressure to drop the double standards and kid gloves with their ally.
"Pakistan has given us no space for taking any steps towards a rapprochement," sources said, adding: "Incidents of terrorism have heightened since the Agra summit."
Asked about recent figures indicating a decrease in infiltration and other steps, sources said this might be due to reasons other than the steps taken by Pakistan.
Sources added that if Musharraf''s claim that he could not be held responsible for every incident of terrorism was to be taken at face value, all that Musharraf needed to do was declare Pakistan''s intention to cooperate with India to tackle the problem jointly. "This can be beginning of the process of dialogu," sources said.
Sources felt there would be a hue and cry over the Pakistan-North Korea nexus and US efforts to soft pedal the issue wouldn''t work.
Developments within Pakistan (the demands in the NWFP for removal of US forces from Pakistan) and Pakistan''s renewed interference in Afghanistan were also creating unease and likely to lead to "disillusionment with the stalwart ally".
The US itself will be under pressure.