INDOPAK-LD QURESHI 2

The Pakistan Foreign Minister evaded a question on
whether the two sides had come close to a solution to the
Siachen and Sir Creek issues during the earlier dialogue
process and said he would give his views when he sat at the
negotiating table.
Qureshi made it clear that the two sides were going into
the talks with an open mind and a positive approach without
having any false hopes.
Prior to the meeting between the Foreign Ministers, Home
Minister P Chidambaram will visit Islamabad on June 26 for a
conference of SAARC Interior Ministers.
He will be accompanied by Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao,
who will meet her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir to
finalise modalities and the agenda for the talks between
Qureshi and Krishna.
Qureshi said he would also visit Delhi after his meeting
here with Krishna for the next round of talks.
He said he had begun consultations with the civil and
military leadership to forge national consensus on resolving
outstanding issues with India.
Qureshi yesterday met a group of former Pakistani Foreign
Ministers, Foreign Secretaries and ambassadors who served in
Delhi.
He also held a separate meeting with Pakistan's Indus
Waters Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah.
He said he would be seeking guidance from President Asif
Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on the
substantive issues.
Qureshi said he also consulted national security
institutions last night.
Sources told PTI that Qureshi had yesterday gone to the
General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, where he held
consultations with army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI
chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha.
The sources also described Qureshi's conversation with
Krishna as "very positive."
Qureshi evaded a direct reply to several questions on the
structure of the upcoming dialogue and only said that all
issues of concern to both sides would be on the table.
He indicated that among the issues of concern to Pakistan
were the unrest in Balochistan and differences over sharing of
river waters. (More) PTI RHL
AHM


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