India says the Pakistani president is sincere in eliminating the menace of terrorism from his country in the wake of the Mumbai raids.
"I would like to say I believe in his (Asif Ali Zardari's) sincerity because he himself is a victim of a terror attack," Foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday in an allusion to the assassination of the former Premier Benazir Bhutto -- Zardari's wife -- in a suicide attack during an election campaign in December 2007.
The Indian minister demanded Zardari's words to be followed with action, the Press Trust of India reported.
Tensions have run high between the two nuclear-armed countries following last year's terror attacks on the Indian financial hub, in which 179 people were killed.
"I believe he (Zardari) has a desire to fight against terrorism," Mukherjee said. "My belief is not adequate. It must be backed by action taken by the government and authorities of Pakistan."
New Delhi has been relentless in piling pressure on Islamabad to close down training camps for militant groups along border with disputed region of Kashmir.
Indian security officials have accused Islamabad's military and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of involvement in the carnage.
Earlier this month following an internal investigation, Pakistan's Interior Ministry admitted for the first time that the raids were partly hatched on Pakistani soil.
Islamabad, however, has denied any involvement, saying it is building a case against Pakistani "non-state actors" accused of involvement in the raids.
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