On eve of meeting, India raps Pakistan on cross-border attacks


  • World
  • Sunday, 29 Sep 2013

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the United Nations on Saturday that neighbouring Pakistan is the "epicentre of terrorism in our region," setting the stage for a tense meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif.

Singh and Sharif are set to meet on Sunday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, amid heightened tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours over Kashmir sparked by series of fatal clashes on their de facto Himalayan border.

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