India, Pak ministers avoid meeting, further chill in relations

Ajay Kaul
Port of Spain, Nov 29 (PTI) In a reflection of further
chill in Indo-Pak relations, Foreign Ministers of the two
countries avoided a meeting even though they were at the same
venue here for the last three days to attend the Commonwealth
Summit.

India was not keen on a meeting between Foreign
Ministers of the two countries as it is unhappy over
Pakistan's response to demand for action against those
involved in the Mumbai attacks.
India put the Composite Dialogue process with Pakistan
on hold after the Mumbai terror attacks which were carried out
by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists from that country. New Delhi had
been maintaining that the dialogue process cannot be resume
unless Islamabad takes credible action against terror
emanating from its soil.
Sources said though India was not averse to talks with
Pakistan at any level, but these serve no purpose on the
ground given the attitude of Pakistan.
Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his
Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi were here on
November 25, 26 and 27 to attend the foreign ministers meeting
of the Commonwealth countries.
Sources said that substantive meetings serve no
purpose in terms of translating words into action by Pakistan.
Qureshi, who is representing his country in place of
President Asif Ali Zardari, had yesterday said that Pakistan
was always ready for talks with India but without any
preconditions. (MORE) PTI AKK
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