A parliamentary committee has asked the government to prepare the roadmap for improving relations with Pakistan with the "greatest care" and not hasten the pace in an unrealistic manner in view of concerns of the international community over perpetual tension between the two nuclear powers.
"Every care should be taken to protect the vital interests of the nation. The fact that the terrorist training camps inside Pakistan's territory are still operating though infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir has come down considerably points to the grave danger inherent in the situation," it said.
"The government of India should not allow itself to be taken by surprise at any stage," the Standing Committee on external affairs said it its report presented in Parliament.
The committee termed as "praiseworthy" the decisive and bold moves made by the government over the past five years to improve ties with its neighbours.
However, it felt that "government should prepare the roadmap for improving its relations with Pakistan with the greatest care.
"The compulsions generated by the concerns of the international community over the perpetual tension prevailing between two nuclear powers should not force the government into hastening the pace in an unrealistic manner," the report of the committee headed by Laxminarayan Pandey, said.
