President Trump "walked the talk" in maintaining pressure on Pak to end terrorism: Amb Shringla

President Donald Trump has "walked the talk" in maintaining pressure on Pakistan to end terrorism emanating from its soil, India's envoy to the US has said, insisting that Islamabad's actions against terror outfits should be "irreversible" and not a "revolving door" where terror masterminds are arrested from one door and taken out through the other.

India's Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla was responding to a question on the strong cooperation between India and the US on security issues as well as in multinational fora such as the UN that saw the designation of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in May this year.

"I have to say that President Trump has done what previous presidents have not done. He has walked the talk, as I have said before. He has ensured that financing for Pakistan has been withdrawn because of its association with terrorism. He has withdrawn all aid and all military assistance to Pakistan," Shringla told PTI in an interview here on Monday.

He expressed hope that the policy is consistently maintained and it does not get eroded in the light of developments as they unfold.

"It is important that pressure on the Pakistani State is maintained so that we don't step back into terrorism emanating out of Pakistan," he said.

Referring to the "excellent cooperation" between India and the US in the security and counter-terrorism fronts, he said, "We are partners in making the world a better and safer place, a world that believes in the values, systems and ideologies that we do - democracy, rule of law, vibrant media, independent judiciary. We have the same values and we need to continue to work together."
Referring to the Mumbai terror attack mastermind and JuD chief Saeed getting pre-arrest bail on Monday by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan, Shringla said, "I think in a certain sense it gives us again the idea of a revolving door where you are arrested from one door and taken out through the other."