Atmosphere not conducive for moving ahead with Pak: India PM

Ramsar (Raj), Aug 29 (PTI) India Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh Saturday said India wants to improve ties with
Pakistan but the atmosphere is not conducive for moving ahead.

"I want our relations to improve...If relations between
India and Pakistan improve, a lot of things can happen. I
think border states like Punjab, Rajasthan and other states
will benefit if relations improve," he told a select group of
reporters here during a brief visit.

He was responding when asked why the Indo-Pak Thar
Express did not have stoppage at Barmer.

Singh said many beneficial things could not be
undertaken until relations between India and Pakistan "don't
improve and brotherhood does not improve".

He said "the atmosphere is not conducive for moving
ahead."

Asked why the relations between the two neighbours
were not improving, he said, "there are some forces in that
country also, I don't want to say that." He did not elaborate.
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