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Pak insists on resumption of composite dialogue with India | While India has indicated that it may restart the Foreign
Secretary level talks with Pakistan, Islamabad maintains that it would accept nothing short of resumption of comprehensive 'composite dialogue' with New Delhi.
"We want result-oriented and sustained dialogue and no format of engagement other
than Composite Dialogue will be acceptable to us," Foreign Office spokesman Abdul
Basit said. It may be noted that External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna had said
that Home Minister P. Chidambaram would attend the SAARC summit in Pakistan
on
February 26 and 27 where he would meet his Pakistani counterpart and other
leaders.
"This will certainly make it easier for India to carry on normal business with
Pakistan. We are trying to focus their attention on terrorism. It would be extremely
helpful for our bilateral relationship and dialogue," Krishna, had said. The Dawn
quoted Basit, as saying that Pakistan would not be interested in "talks for the
sake of talks". However, he said, the Foreign Office would like to assess any
Indian proposal and see if it could help resume the Composite Dialogue, which
were stalled after the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. While Pakistan has
been pushing hard for the resumption of the bilateral talks, New Delhi maintains
that dialogue between both countries is not possible unless Islamabad initiates
substantial action against the 26/11 perpetrators and other India-focussed terror
groups. |
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