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Indo-Pak foreign secretary talks not on the cards | Talks between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan -- Nirupama Rao and Salman Bashir -- are not going to be held in the forseeable future in the wake of the latest statements emerging from Islamabad with regard
to the 26/11 probe and its less than acceptable reactions to the six dossiers provided to it by the Indian Government. According to sources, while the meeting
between the Indian External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart
Shah Mehmood Qureshi will take place on the sidelines of the United Nations General
Assembly later this month, any hopes of a limited dialogue taking place at lesser
levels is remote. Incessant ceasefire violations at the Line of Control in Jammu
and Kashmir and Pakistan's consistent non-compliance to the six dossiers provided
by India and the inaction against 26/11 mastermind Hafeez Saeed are proving to
be a recipe for a new face off between the two neighbours. 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". Hafeez Saeed and his organization are banned under UN resolution
1267 and he should be brought to books, the sources added. Interpol has already
issued Red corner notices against Hafeez Saeed and Lakhvi, the key suspects who
masterminded the Mumbai terror attacks. But Pakistan is still asking for concrete
evidence from India. The Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has already indicated
that India may not respond to further demands from the Pakistan Government for
information on the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai. The apparent bitterness between the
two neighbours is evident from the fact that the meeting between the foreign secretaries
of the two countries is not yet finalized. Sources have told ANI that no dates
are fixed for the meetings so far. It was decided between Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and Yusuf Raza Gilani at Sharm-al-Sheikh last month that foreign secretaries
of both countries should meet more often and it was also decided that Indian Foreign
Secretary Nirupama Rao should meet her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir before
the ministers of both countries meet in New York. The Pakistan Foreign office
has also reportedly invited the Indian Foreign Secretary for talks in Islamabad,
but no decision has been taken regarding her visit as if now, sources have told
ANI. India is also alarmed by the recent US reports about Pakistan's increasing
nuclear capabilities. The Indian Army chief has also expressed apprehensions over
the development and has said that Pakistan's nuclear stockpile is going beyond
nuclear deterrence. He has also cautioned Pakistan over the rising ceasefire violations.
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