Pak envoy meets Foreign Secretary ahead of talks

New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid
Malik Wednesday met Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and
discussed issues related to the February 25 Indo-Pak meeting.
Malik met Rao after his return from Islamabad where he
held consultations with the Pakistan government on the
forthcoming meeting between the Foreign Secretaries of the two
countries, sources said.
After a 14-month hiatus, India on January 28 offered to
hold talks with Pakistan in New Delhi. Pakistan accepted the
offer last Friday.
However, there are differences on the agenda for the
talks. India underlines that it would focus on cross-border
terrorism while Pakistan says it would want to discuss other
issues like Kashmir and water.
Pakistan is also pressing for resumption of composite
dialogue, which was halted by India in the wake of Mumbai
attacks of November 2008.
India has made it clear that the Foreign Secretary-level
talks were only aimed at "unlocking" the channels of
communications and would not mean resumption of composite
dialogue. PTI AKK