Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:24:59 GMT
 Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee |
"Countries found wanting in their commitment to zero tolerance of terrorism will be made to pay a heavy price by the international community," Pranab Mukherjee told a conference in New Delhi on Monday, Reuters reported.
"Our diplomatic efforts in dealing with terrorist states will continue unabated," Mukherjee said in an apparent reference to Pakistan.
The remarks are the latest among the tit-for-tat accusations between the two neighbors in the aftermath of the terror attacks in the Indian commercial hub of Mumbai on November last year.
Indian authorities are frustrated at what they see as Islamabad slow response in arresting the suspected attackers.
On January 5, India provided Pakistan with data from satellite phones used by the attackers as well as what it describes as the 'confession of a surviving gunman'.
India is to hand over a second dossier of evidence on the Mumbai raids to Pakistan, including a DNA sample of a sole surviving gunman, according to Indian media reports.
Tension has been running high between the nuclear-armed neighbors since the November 26-29 attacks which killed 179 people.
Islamabad has been angered by the Indian suggestion that Pakistani state agencies were involved and what it sees as repeated Indian hints of military action.
Islamabad condemned the Mumbai attacks from the outset and denied involvement of any of its agencies.
Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik set a 10-day deadline at the weekend for an investigating team to complete a report.
Pakistan has detained scores of members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and an affiliated charity, the Jamaat-ul-Dawa allegedly involved in the November 26-29 Mumbai siege.
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