PAK-INDIA 2 LAST

During their meeting in the Egyptian resort of Sharm
El-Sheikh in July, the Prime Ministers of the two countries
had decided that the Foreign Secretaries should meet "as often
as necessary".

However, the two sides have been unable to schedule a
meeting of the Foreign Secretaries due to Pakistan's stand
that Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao should visit Islamabad for
the parleys. The Foreign Office has pointed out that Bashir
visited New Delhi for the last round of talks and it was the
turn of his counterpart to come to Islamabad for the next
meeting.

Pakistan is also not keen on talks between the Foreign
Secretaries being held in a third country on the sidelines of
international events as the Foreign Office believes such
meetings are difficult to schedule. PTI