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Pak looking to 'fully utilise' Gilani's India visit
Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad (PTI) - Ahead of Pakistan Premier
Yousuf Raza Gilani's visit to India Wednesday for the cricket
World Cup semi-final, Pakistan has said it is working to
"fully utilise the occasion" to improve the bilateral ties and
"bridge the communication gap" between the leadership of the
two nations.
Making it clear that Gilani is visiting India
primarily to watch the Pakistan-India semi-final and "not to
discuss the Kashmir issue", Pakistan Information Minister
Firdous Ashiq Awan, however, said the two Prime Ministers
"could discuss anything on the occasion".
Awan made the remarks while briefing the media Monday
about a meeting of the federal Cabinet chaired by Gilani to
brief his colleagues about his visit to India at the
invitation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
She said Pakistan's Foreign Office and its High
Commission in New Delhi are working to "fully utilise the
occasion" to improve relations between the two countries.
Gilani's visit will be used to "bridge the
communication gap" between the leadership of the two countries
following the gesture of goodwill by the Indian government,
she said.
Gilani believed Singh's invitation was a significant
step forward on the diplomatic front and Pakistan government
had accepted it in the larger interest of the country, she
added.
Asked if the PPP-led government had taken the security
establishment and opposition parties into confidence before
accepting Singh's invitation, Awan said "all stakeholders" had
been taken on board.
There would be greater clarity a day before Gilani's
India visit about the delegation that will accompany him and
the issues that could be discussed during the meeting in
Mohali, she said.
Islamabad (PTI) - Ahead of Pakistan Premier
Yousuf Raza Gilani's visit to India Wednesday for the cricket
World Cup semi-final, Pakistan has said it is working to
"fully utilise the occasion" to improve the bilateral ties and
"bridge the communication gap" between the leadership of the
two nations.
Making it clear that Gilani is visiting India
primarily to watch the Pakistan-India semi-final and "not to
discuss the Kashmir issue", Pakistan Information Minister
Firdous Ashiq Awan, however, said the two Prime Ministers
"could discuss anything on the occasion".
Awan made the remarks while briefing the media Monday
about a meeting of the federal Cabinet chaired by Gilani to
brief his colleagues about his visit to India at the
invitation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
She said Pakistan's Foreign Office and its High
Commission in New Delhi are working to "fully utilise the
occasion" to improve relations between the two countries.
Gilani's visit will be used to "bridge the
communication gap" between the leadership of the two countries
following the gesture of goodwill by the Indian government,
she said.
Gilani believed Singh's invitation was a significant
step forward on the diplomatic front and Pakistan government
had accepted it in the larger interest of the country, she
added.
Asked if the PPP-led government had taken the security
establishment and opposition parties into confidence before
accepting Singh's invitation, Awan said "all stakeholders" had
been taken on board.
There would be greater clarity a day before Gilani's
India visit about the delegation that will accompany him and
the issues that could be discussed during the meeting in
Mohali, she said.