Pune blast to cause difficulties for India on Feb 25 talks

New Delhi, Feb 14 (PTI) The Pune bomb attack is expected
to cast a shadow on the upcoming Foreign Secretary-level talks
between India and Pakistan as the incident is likely to create
difficulties for the government on going ahead with the
dialogue considering the mounting opposition.

Ahead of the February 25 talks, the Indian government is
expected to take stock of the situation and consider all pros
and cons once the investigators reach some conclusion about
who was behind the blast.
For the moment, government sources say the talks schedule
remains unchanged and the completion of probe should be
awaited before anything could be said on it.
However, it is pointed out that the government would
discuss the issue of the attack in the context of the upcoming
talks when the investigations are completed.
India, which had refused to hold any dialogue with
Pakistan after the 26/11 attacks, offered to hold Foreign
Secretary-level talks only about two weeks back.
Significantly, the date for the talks was finalised a day
ahead of the blast at German bakery in Pune on Saturday.
"It is premature to talk about the talks now as there is
no clarity yet about who is involved. Let the investigators
complete the probe, then we can talk about the talks," a
source said.
At the same time, the sources noted that such incidents
are not ruled out in Indo-Pak affairs and these are factored
in when any decision is taken. MORE PTI AKK
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