Krishna, Qureshi to attend CHOGM, but meeting unlikely

Ajay Kaul
Port of Spain, Nov 27 (PTI) Unhappy with the behaviour
of Pakistan over terrorism, particularly Mumbai attacks, India
is not too keen to have a Foreign Ministerial meeting with
Pakistan even though both S M Krishna and his counterpart Shah
Mahmood Qureshi are here to attend an international summit.

Sources said though India is not averse to talks with
Pakistan at any level, but these serve no purpose on the
ground given the attitude of Pakistan.
"No meeting has been scheduled as of now, neither has
any been formally sought by Pakistan," a source said here when
asked whether Krishna and Qureshi would have a bilateral
meeting on the sidelines of Commonwealth Heads of Government
Meeting (CHOGM), a grouping of 53 former British colonies.
Qureshi, who is representing his country in place of
President Asif Ali Zardari, has publicly stated that he would
like to meet Krishna and discuss issues of mutual concern.
Asked whether there could still be a possibility of a
pull-aside interaction as both the ministers would be at the
same venue for three days, the sources said nothing could be
ruled out. They, however, promptly added that substantive
meetings serve no purpose in terms of translating words into
action by Pakistan.
They were referring to the meeting Krishna had with
Qureshi in New York on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in
September during which the Pakistani leader gave assurance of
doing everything to bring to justice the perpetrators of
Mumbai attacks. MORE PTI AKK
DDC


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