New Delhi, July 17 - Making a clear distinction between the present Pakistani government and the previous establishment, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India does not accuse the current regime of its 'active involvement' in inciting terror.

Official element were 'patronizing terror' but the present democratic establishment-led by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani-were not of the same mindset, Manmohan Singh told journalists in Sharm-el-Sheikh after his meeting with Gilani Thursday.

Answering a question on the joint statement between the two countries

suggesting that terrorists are non-state actors and that the Pakistan state was not backing them, he said: 'There is history to it. But it is certainly true that I am not accusing the present Pakistani government of active involvement.