New Delhi, Aug 24 - Days after India presented a fresh dossier on the alleged involvement of Hafiz Saeed in the Mumbai attacks, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Monday asked Islamabad to honour its anti-terror pledge and take 'effective steps' to dismantle the 'infrastructure of terrorism' on its soil.

Stressing that India wished to address differences with Pakistan through dialogue, Krishna said Islamabad was yet to take effective steps to stop infiltration and terror directed against India despite evidence about the alleged complicity of Pakistani militants in the Mumbai attacks.

'With Pakistan we have maintained that a stable Pakistan at peace with itself and the region is a desirable goal. We wish to address our differences with Pakistan through dialogue,' Krishna told 112 Indian ambassadors who have gathered here for a three-day conference to debate key foreign policy and strategic challenges facing the country.

Krishna said that India has conveyed many a time to the Pakistani leadership its desire to engage in 'meaningful discussions and to develop our bilateral relations in a positive manner'.

'At the same time, we made it clear that a meaningful dialogue will only be possible following the fulfilment by Pakistan of its commitment not to allow its territory to be used for terrorist activities against India,' he said while addressing the envoys at Vigyan Bhavan.

'Pakistan must honour the pledges made in this regard.'

Underlining India's increasing exasperation with Pakistan's failure to take effective action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage, Krishna said: 'We are still to see Pakistan take effective steps to end infiltration and dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism.