India,
Pakistan talk -- to remove hiccups in ties
Thursday June 23, 2011 06:52:43 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad:
India and Pakistan resumed their diplomatic dialogue here
Thursday, with Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao saying that
New Delhi wished to see "a stable and prosperous Pakistan".
The two-day foreign secretary talks seek to discuss all thorny
issues which strain bilateral ties and reduce trust deficit that
touched a new low after the 26/11 Mumbai attack blamed on
Pakistani terrorists.
This is the first high-level engagement between the two estranged
neighbours since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted his
counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani the World Cup semi-final in Mohali
in March.
Rao touched down here in the morning and said she was approaching
the talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir with an
"open and constructive mind".
"I have come to Pakistan with an open mind and a constructive
spirit in order to work towards building trust and confidence in
our relationship, thereby leading to an eventual normalisation of
relations for the well-being and prosperity of our peoples," Rao
said in her arrival statement.
She said her's was an important visit as it marks the penultimate
leg of the resumed dialogue process before the Pakistani foreign
minister reaches India next month.
Rao said the discussions would include "peace and security,
including confidence building measures, Jammu and Kashmir and
promotion of friendly exchanges".
"I bring with me the best wishes of the people and the government
of India for the people and government of Pakistan. We wish to see
a stable, peaceful and prosperous Pakistan," she said.
During her three-day stay to Islamabad, she will call on
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. She returns to India
Saturday afternoon.
The two-day talks are expected to set the stage for the meeting of
the foreign ministers in New Delhi.
Rao is expected to convey India's disappointment with the slow
progress in the trial of terrorists who stormed Mumbai.
Latest intelligence inputs suggest that the infrastructure of
anti-India terrorist groups still operates on Pakistani soil.
The two sides are also expected to discuss confidence-building
measures across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and
nuclear CBMs.
While India has called for patience while dealing with Pakistan,
Gilani has said that "core issues", including Kashmir, needed to
be discussed.
At the same time, Gilani has underscored the need for increased
trade as well as people-to-people contacts.
On Wednesday, he said that the future of Pakistan was closely
linked with the resolution of the Kashmir dispute.
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