India rejects Pak contention; says burning issues discussed

New Delhi, Jul 16 (PTI) India Friday rejected
Pakistan's contention that it was not ready to discuss all
issues and asserted that all "core" and "burning" problems
were deliberated upon with the aim of reducing trust deficit.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna rebuffed his
Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi for comparing Home
Secretary G K Pillai with JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, saying there
was "absolutely no comparison" between the two.
Hours after Qureshi accused the Indian delegation to
the Foreign Ministers' meeting on Thursday in Islamabad of
carrying a limited mandate to discuss issues, Krishna said
that "our mandate was very clear".
"There was no ambiguity. As External Affairs Minister
leading this delegation, I have confined myself to the mandate
given to me and I am quite satisfied," he told reporters at
the IGI airport here shortly on arrival from Islamabad.
To a question on what were the gains of his visit,
Krishna said, "the very fact that I went to Islamabad and I
talked about core issues in our relationship...if you consider
it as a gain, I am ready to along with it.
"We talked about some of the burning issues that
confront the two countries. To that extent that we have
contributed in a manner where the trust deficit is getting
reduced as part of the Confidence Building Measure," he said.
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