India will have to revisit its Pak policy soon: Qureshi

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Mar 25 (PTI) Obviously peeved at India's
refusal to engage in composite dialogue, Pakistan Thursday
said India "will have" to revisit its policy "very soon".
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who has been
criticised back home for adopting a "subservient tone" with
his US counterpart Hillary Clinton during the parleys here,
appeared to be assertive when it came to India.
"I am of the view that Pakistan has been willing to
engage, and I am confident as -- you know, two years down the
line, I am confident of this relationship.
"I am confident that India will have to revisit its
policy and very soon," Qureshi told reporters during a joint
press conference with Clinton following the US-Pak Strategic
Dialogue.
Qureshi's remarks apparently referred to India's
position that it would not resume composite dialogue with
Pakistan until it takes concrete action against those who are
responsible for terror attacks in India.
On Indo-US relationship, Qureshi said as far as India is
concerned it is a sovereign country and has bilateral
relations with Washington.
"We respect that. But all we are saying (is) that those
relations should not be at the cost of Pakistan, and we are
very clear and I think you're (Clinton) very clear on that,"
the Foreign Minister said. PTI LKJ
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