|
Home » Top Story» |
|
|
|
|
Resumption of composite dialogue :India proposes two dates |
|
india,pakistan talks ,terrorism,kashmir,India,shahid malik,nirupama rao,qureshi,south asia,taliban , |
|
|
|
|
 Feb.7 :India has proposed two dates for the Foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan, which are expected to take place here, will not lead to a resumption of the bilateral composite dialogue.How far the talks will go and how much the talks achieve depends on steps Pakistan takes to curb cross-border terror.
New Delhi wants the dialogue to take place on either 18th February or 25th February. Pakistan is yet to revert back on these proposed dates.
Terrorism being the focus of the proposed talks. Other issues related to maritime security, consular services and confidence building may also be discussed during the proposed meeting in Delhi.,
Islamabad has been pressing for a resumption of the composite dialogue that was suspended immediately after the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai.
The last and fifth round of the composite dialogue was held in July 2008.
India has consistently been urging Pakistan to take concrete steps to bring the perpetrators of 26/11 to book and to dismantle the terror infrastructure operating on its soil.,br>
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao had proposed a dialogue with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir over phone. Sources say India wants to open the dialogue process with Pakistan because it believes Islamabad has taken some positive steps in the recent past on the criminal investigation of culprits behind 26/11.
Sources have revealed that India is also ready to discuss Balochistan while reiterating that it has had no role in the region and that Pakistan's perceptions on this are misplaced.
-.
While Pakistan will raise other issues – a signal that Kashmir and Balochistan might figure even if New Delhi feels that there are more crucial issues to be discussed.
But New Delhi is clear that this should not be seen as the resumption of the 80-issue composite dialogue, stalled by India after terrorists from Pakistan attacked Mumbai in November 2008.
|
|
Updated :
Monday, 08 Feb 2010, 11:03 [IST] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
PRINT |
MAIL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
All Comments
|
|
|