INDO-PAK 2

The sources said a lot of things have changed since the
Sharm-el-Sheikh controversy and in the context of Prime
Minister's deep desire for engagement between India and
Pakistan.
The Indian government sees a change in Pakistan's
attitude and its tone and tenor has also changed since
Sharm-el-Sheikh.
They said the effort was to create a trust between the
two countries so that the two could talk in an informal format
and then "move forward". The inputs given by back channels
were "very useful" for the negotiations, they added.
The sources did not agree with a suggestion that the
long-held consensus in the polity had broken down and that
even the Congress party was not not on board on government's
initiatives on Pakistan or on the Civil Nuclear Liability
Bill.
They dismissed suggestions that Home Minister P
Chidambaram was not in favour of a dialogue with Pakistan. It
was a joint responsibility and they did not think the Home
Minister had taken such a view.
Chidambaram himself was going to Pakistan later this
month and the government was looking forward to that visit
for attending the SAARC Interior Ministers meeting, they said.
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