We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.

We need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.

If Pakistan honors in letter and in spirit the commitment that it gave to Mr. Vajpayee in 2004, that Pakistan territory will not be used for promoting terrorist acts against India, the sky is the limit of cooperation between our two countries. Basically, we are the same people. There are ties of religion. There are ties of language. There are ties of culture.

As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity.

I sincerely hope that whatever influence the United States has in Pakistan, it will convince Pakistan that using terrorism as an instrument of state policy has no place in the world that we want to build.

Economic policy and decision making do not function in a political vacuum.

No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.