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Fri, 02/26/2010 - 19:48
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Pak Foreign Secretary calls on Krishna
New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) Pakistan Foreign Secretary
Salman Bashir Friday called on India's External Affairs
Minister S M Krishna and discussed bilateral relations.
Bashir, who was in New Delhi for talks with his
Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao, was with Krishna for about an
hour.
They are understood to have taken stock of the
bilateral relations and reviewed the discussions that were
held between the two foreign secretaries Thursday.
India has emphasised that it wants to improve
relations with Pakistan but for that Islamabad will have to
end cross-border terrorism.
As the countries resumed talks after 14-month break
caused by the Mumbai attack, India on Thursday handed over
three dossiers detailing the anti-India terror activities
emanating from Pakistan with the expectation that Pakistan
will act against it.
The dossier contains names of 34 terrorists, including
LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, whom Indian wants to be handed over or
punished in Pakistan.
The Pakistani side has made a strong pitch for
resumption of composite dialogue but the Indians fended it off
saying the time was not "right" and advocated a graduated
step-by-step approach.
Bashir was accompanied by Pakistan High Commissioner
Shahid Malik. PTI
Salman Bashir Friday called on India's External Affairs
Minister S M Krishna and discussed bilateral relations.
Bashir, who was in New Delhi for talks with his
Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao, was with Krishna for about an
hour.
They are understood to have taken stock of the
bilateral relations and reviewed the discussions that were
held between the two foreign secretaries Thursday.
India has emphasised that it wants to improve
relations with Pakistan but for that Islamabad will have to
end cross-border terrorism.
As the countries resumed talks after 14-month break
caused by the Mumbai attack, India on Thursday handed over
three dossiers detailing the anti-India terror activities
emanating from Pakistan with the expectation that Pakistan
will act against it.
The dossier contains names of 34 terrorists, including
LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, whom Indian wants to be handed over or
punished in Pakistan.
The Pakistani side has made a strong pitch for
resumption of composite dialogue but the Indians fended it off
saying the time was not "right" and advocated a graduated
step-by-step approach.
Bashir was accompanied by Pakistan High Commissioner
Shahid Malik. PTI