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Sun, 01/17/2010 - 03:07
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PAK-INDIA 2LST

"A case against the suspects in the Mumbai attacks is
in the court and therefore I cannot comment. However, Pakistan
believes in dialogue and I think all outstanding issues with
India can be solved only through talks," he said.
Zardari also spoke on other issues, including the
situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan's ties with the US. He
said the US administration had taken him into confidence while
framing its new Afghan policy.
"President (Barack) Obama had written me a letter and
even talked to me on phone before finalising his government’s
new Afghan policy," he said.
"There is no difference between Pakistan and the US on
any issue...Pakistan-US relations have a long history. The US
supported the recent transition from dictatorship to a
democratic rule in Islamabad," he said.
However, he indicated that the US did not appear to be
keen to transfer drone technology to Pakistan. Islamabad has
been asking Washington to give it the drone technology so that
Pakistani troops can themselves target militants in the tribal
areas bordering Afghanistan.
"Both countries have different positions on the
transfer of drone technology to Islamabad. For us, this is not
a technology which cannot be given to us. But the US considers
it a modern technology and is reluctant in its transfer to
us," he said. PTI

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