Indian FM satisfies over talks

ISLAMABAD: Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has expressed satisfaction over talks and outcome of his visit to Pakistan.

In an interview before departure, Krishna said the purpose of visit was to reduce the trust deficit between the two countries and the purpose has been achieved up to certain extant. He also invited his Pakistani counterpart to visit India.

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Krishna says Pakistan has to dismantle terror

ISLAMABAD: Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said that in order for India and Pakistan to stride towards bridging the trust deficit between the two countries, Pakistan must dismantle for good the terror instrumentality within the country.

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Trust deficit the biggest problem: Manmohan

NEW DELHI: Trust deficit is the biggest problem with Pakistan and no progress can happen in negotiations unless this issue is addressed, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Monday.

”Trust deficit is the biggest problem,” he said at the first major press conference to mark the first year of the second term of the United Progressive Alliance government.

”It is my conviction that … why we haven”t been able to make headway in composite dialogue is that there has been lack of adequate trust,” he said.

Singh said trust deficit was identified as a core issue when he met his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani in Bhutan last month.

”We agreed that trust deficit is a major problem blocking progress in the direction of going forward and that it should be our common endeavour to reduce the trust deficit. That”s we agreed that the foreign ministers should meet,” he said.

External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna is scheduled to meet with his Pakistani counterpart in Islamabad July 15.

India had stopped the composite dialogue process with Pakistan after the terror attack in Mumbai in November 2008.

”I am hopeful that this process can move forward. At least, that is the message that I got from talking to the Pakistan prime minister,” he said.

Singh said it was his ”firm belief” that India cannot realise its full potential unless ”we have the best possible relations with our neighbours, and Pakistan happens to be our largest neighbour”.

Thaw at last in Pak-India relations

THIMPHU: The prime ministers of Pakistan and India have agreed to normalize bilateral relations stalled after Mumbai attacks, saying the only way forward is through dialogue.

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani held a meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh here at the PM house of Bhutan.

The one-on-one meeting between the two prime ministers lasted for one hour. Earlier, the two leaders spoke with each other for ten-minute in the presence of delegations of the two countries.

Following the above meeting, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao held separate press conferences here.

Qureshi described the meeting as highly positive which discussed all the outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachin.

He said Pakistan Prime Minister invited Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan which the latter accepted.

Yusuf Raza Gilani assured his Indian counterpart that Pakistan will bring to justice the perpetrators of Mumbai attacks.

In reply to a query, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the extradition of Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor who was allegedly involved in Mumbai attacks, did not come under discussion at the meeting.

He informed that interior ministers of SAARC countries would have a meeting in Pakistan on 26th June, which he hoped would also be attended by Indian home minister.

Qureshi said the two sides have admitted presence of a trust deficit between the two countries. “The foreign ministers and foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India have been tasked with bridging the trust gap …. it is foreign ministers’ job to eliminate the trust deficit.”

He said all the outstanding issues will be resolved at the dialogue table.

Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao also declared the meeting between the two PMs as positive.

“Prime Minister expressed India”s concern over the slow progress of Mumbai trial in Pakistan to Prime Minister Gilani,” Rao said.

Singh told Gilani that India was willing to discuss all issues of mutual concern through dialogue but the issue of terrorism is holding back the progress, she said.

It was decided by the two prime ministers that foreign ministers and foreign secretaries of the two countries should meet as soon as possible to “restore trust and confidence” in the relations, said Rao.

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