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Pakistan asks India not to hold back ties due to Mumbai attacks | Pakistan has asked India not to hold back the
bilateral talks because of investigation of the Mumbai terror attacks, and assured
New Delhi that it has done what was required in the case. 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." Pakistan Foreign
Secretary Salman Bashir said after meeting with his Indian counterpart Nirupama
Rao here on Saturday: " The relationship cannot be held or brought to a standstill
because of a trial or one investigation." Bashir described the meeting, which
came a day before the crucial talks between the foreign ministers of the two countries,
as useful, which helped in understanding the perspectives of the two countries
more clearly. "We have been very forthcoming on the quality of the work that has
been done by our experts in terms of investigations and the arrests etcetera,
and all that has been shared with India," he said. However, the Indian side maintained
that they want Pakistan to act speedily and in a transparent manner against those
responsible for the Mumbai attacks. The meeting between Rao and Bashir came on
the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, marking the first high-level contact
between the two countries since the Prime Ministers ofthe two countries met at
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on July 16. Both the secretaries will report about their
discussions to their Foreign Ministers S M Krishna and Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who
will meet in New York today. |
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