India, Pak Foreign Ministers spar over Mumbai probe

London, Jan 29 (PTI) Foreign Ministers of India and
Pakistan have sparred over the 26/11 probe with Shah Mahmood
Qureshi accusing New Delhi of non-cooperation, prompting
Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna to ask the
"people who are sitting in the epicentre of terror" to
introspect before making such allegations.
"I have had a meeting with S M Krishna in New York on the
sidelines of the UN General Assembly (in September 2009). I
gave him a very crisp proposal, a roadmap for the future. He
said he will get back to me but he has not got back to me.
That means he has nothing to offer," Qureshi said.
"It seems that the Indian polity is divided, India is
confused," he told reporters here on the sidelines of an
international conference on Afghanistan.
Coming face-to-face at the meet hosted by British Premier
Gordon Brown, Krishna and Qureshi Thursday shook hands and
exchanged pleasantries but did not have a separate meeting.
"India does not know whether it should engage or it
should shy away," Qureshi said. "Unfortunately there is a
dichotomy here. What's going on right now is, the public
stance of the Indian foreign office is different. On another
hand, the private stance is different.
"The private stance is that Pakistan's cooperation has
been unprecedented. They acknowledge the exchange of dossiers,
the exchange of information that we have had... There is a
lack of political agreement in India on foreign policy
(towards Pakistan)."
Responding to Qureshi's charges, Krishna said Pakistan
should introspect before making such statements. (More) PTI