FS-level talks not resumption of composite dialogue: India

New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) A week ahead of the Indo-Pak
Foreign Secretaries' meeting, India Wednesday said these
parleys should not be "mistaken" for resumption of the
composite dialogue as these were "exploratory" talks.

Asserting that the composite dialogue was "suspended",
Indian Minister for External Affairs S M Krishna said "let the
nation not be under mistaken inference that composite dialogue
is being renewed....The issue that we raised remained to be
addressed by Pakistan with a degree of seriousness."
The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet
on February 25 in New Delhi with the government here
maintaining that the focus of the talks will be terrorism.
"These are exploratory talks. All that I am saying is
that we are going to concentrate on terror which is emanating
from Pakistan and the terror activities and terror
infrastructure which is there which is yet to be dismantled.
"So our concern, our core concern is going to be terror,"
Krishna told TV channels.
On Jamaat-Ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and other jehadi
leaders freely addressing rallies against India, Krishna said,
"It is the way the Pakistan functions. The government perhaps
is not capable of restraining these jehadis from continuing
with their vituperative statements against India, showing
their hostility openly against India."
The minister also emphasised the need to have talks,
saying, "... in order to carry forward the core issue as far
as India is concerned about terror and terror driven
activities emanating from Pakistan, we thought that it is
necessary to engage Pakistan in this very critical area of
terror." PTI PYK
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