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Qureshi said he would visit Delhi after his Islamabad
meeting with Krishna for the next round of talks.
The minister said he had begun consultations with the
civil and military leadership to forge a national consensus on
resolving outstanding issues with India.
"I believe that all stakeholders have to be on the same
page for a result-oriented and meaningful dialogue with
India," Qureshi said.
He said he would be seeking guidance from Pakistan
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf
Raza Gilani on the substantive issues.
He said the approach of Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh
and Gilani was "very productive" and their interaction in
Thimphu on the margins of the SAARC summit was "frank, cordial
and forward looking".
"We will discuss all issues of concern to India and
Pakistan. There was no discussion on structure. I am presuming
both sides are comfortable. Structure is in place," Qureshi
said.
The composite dialogue process covering Kashmir and
other outstanding issues was stalled in the wake of the 26/11
attacks in Mumbai.
The Singh-Gilani meeting on the sidelines of SAARC
Summit in Thimphu was the first substantive dialogue between
the two countries since they met in Sharm-el-Shaikh in Egypt
in July last year.
Bringing in thaw in bilateral relations, Singh and
Gilani in Thimphu had agreed to resume dialogue at the level
of Foreign Ministers soon that could lead to parleys on all
outstanding issues like terrorism, Kashmir and Siachen.
The two leaders had entrusted the Foreign Ministers
and Foreign Secretaries with the responsibility of restoring
confidence and trust in the relations that could pave the way
for substantive dialogue on outstanding issues of mutual
concern.
Singh had then conveyed India's deep and continuing
concern over the fact that 26/11 mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa
chief Hafiz Saeed was being allowed to roam freely and engage
in language and communications that are certainly not
conducive to the atmosphere of peace and stability.
Gilani had assured Singh that his government was
making all efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of the
Mumbai attacks and not to allow Pakistani soil to be used for
terrorism against India. PTI SKU
AHM


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