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Krishna meets Qureshi; India focuses on terror concerns
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Islamabad, Jul 15 (PTI) Foreign Ministers of India and
Pakistan Thursday met here with an aim to restore trust and
increase confidence in bilateral ties, with New Delhi seeking
strong action against those involved in 26/11 terror attacks,
based on the inputs provided by David Headley.
India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, who
arrived here Wednesday on a three-day visit, met his Pakistani
counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the two are understood to
have discussed bilateral issues, including terrorism.
Both Krishna and Qureshi were accompanied by senior
officials.
While Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Joint
Secretary in-charge of Pakistan in the Ministry of External
Affairs Yash Sinha were part of Krishna's team, Pakistan
Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and Spokesman Abdul Basit were
part of Qureshi's delegation.
The talks are the second between the Foreign Ministers
since the 2008 Mumbai attacks that left 166 people dead. They
had earlier met in New York in September last year.
Krishna had Wednesday asserted that "time has come"
when Pakistan needed to act on the "overwhelming evidence"
which was of "irrefutable nature" and maintained that "tirade"
by jihadi leaders will not "help smoothen" the relations
between the two countries.
Maintaining that the trial of seven accused in the
Mumbai attacks case here, including LeT operations commander
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, was moving at a slow pace, India has
made it clear that it would like to see an expeditious and
successful conclusion of the trial.
Krishna's focus on Headley assumes significance in the
backdrop of comments attributed to Indian Home Secretary G K
Pillai that evidence based on his interrogation showed that
ISI and LeT chief Hafiz Saeed played "a much more significant
role" in Mumbai terror attacks than was thought earlier.
"I also look forward to receiving feedback on the
issues raised by our Home Minister (P Chidambaram) during his
visit to Pakistan last month on our core concern of terrorism,
particularly in the light of the discussions our Home Minister
had in Pakistan in the context of interrogation of David
Headley regarding the Mumbai terrorist attack," Krishna said.
On Wednesday night, the two foreign ministers had
informal exchange of ideas at a dinner hosted by Qureshi.
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Islamabad, Jul 15 (PTI) Foreign Ministers of India and
Pakistan Thursday met here with an aim to restore trust and
increase confidence in bilateral ties, with New Delhi seeking
strong action against those involved in 26/11 terror attacks,
based on the inputs provided by David Headley.
India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, who
arrived here Wednesday on a three-day visit, met his Pakistani
counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the two are understood to
have discussed bilateral issues, including terrorism.
Both Krishna and Qureshi were accompanied by senior
officials.
While Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Joint
Secretary in-charge of Pakistan in the Ministry of External
Affairs Yash Sinha were part of Krishna's team, Pakistan
Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and Spokesman Abdul Basit were
part of Qureshi's delegation.
The talks are the second between the Foreign Ministers
since the 2008 Mumbai attacks that left 166 people dead. They
had earlier met in New York in September last year.
Krishna had Wednesday asserted that "time has come"
when Pakistan needed to act on the "overwhelming evidence"
which was of "irrefutable nature" and maintained that "tirade"
by jihadi leaders will not "help smoothen" the relations
between the two countries.
Maintaining that the trial of seven accused in the
Mumbai attacks case here, including LeT operations commander
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, was moving at a slow pace, India has
made it clear that it would like to see an expeditious and
successful conclusion of the trial.
Krishna's focus on Headley assumes significance in the
backdrop of comments attributed to Indian Home Secretary G K
Pillai that evidence based on his interrogation showed that
ISI and LeT chief Hafiz Saeed played "a much more significant
role" in Mumbai terror attacks than was thought earlier.
"I also look forward to receiving feedback on the
issues raised by our Home Minister (P Chidambaram) during his
visit to Pakistan last month on our core concern of terrorism,
particularly in the light of the discussions our Home Minister
had in Pakistan in the context of interrogation of David
Headley regarding the Mumbai terrorist attack," Krishna said.
On Wednesday night, the two foreign ministers had
informal exchange of ideas at a dinner hosted by Qureshi.
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