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India, Pakistan foreign secretaries discuss Mumbai terror attacks | Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao met her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir here on Saturday to prepare the ground for the crucial talks between their foreign
ministers where India is expected to demand speedy action against 26/11 perpetrators.
The meeting between Nirupama Rao and Salman Bashir came on the sidelines of the
UN General Assembly, marking the first high-level contact between the two countries
since the Prime Ministers of the two countries met at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on
July 16. Both the foreign secretaries discussed the progress made by Pakistan
in investigating the Mumbai attacks and prosecuting the perpetrators on the basis
of six dossiers of evidence given by India. India has been pushing Pakistan to
act fast and in a transparent manner to ensure that those behind the attacks are
brought to justice. Dismayed by Pakistan's double speak and its refusal to accept
the evidence provided by India in the sixth dossier, sources said: "'It is up
to Pakistan to decide what relation they want with India." Both the secretaries
will report about their discussions to their respective Foreign Ministers S M
Krishna and Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who will meet in New York today. In the run-up
to the meeting, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh made it clear to Pakistan that
it must stop state-sponsored terrorism to normalise relations with India. "India's
message is that India seeks to normalise its relations with Pakistan. But the
only obstacle is that Pakistan should give up its old attitude regarding the use
of terror as an instrument of state policy," Dr. Singh told a post G-20 Summit
press conference in Pittsburgh. |
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