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Qureshi urges India to move on from Mumbai attacks
THIMPHU: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said that talking and engaging was the “most sensible way forward”.
Qureshi, who saw South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) exhibition alongside Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, suggested that his country wanted to have “beautiful” relations with India.
“The climate here is beautiful. Don’t you want relations between India and Pakistan to be beautiful as well,” Qureshi told reporters when asked whether cool climes of Thimphu would have an impact on Indo-Pak ties.
About possibility of talks between Prime Ministers of two countries, he said, “We can talk about talks. One always lives on hope”. He added that, “talking and engaging is the most sensible way forward.”
Qureshi and Krishna were together at the exhibition for few moments after inaugural session of SAARC Council of Ministers’ meeting.
The eight-nation SAARC Summit will be held in Thimphu on April 28-29. Krishna, who was asked separately about possibility of meeting between two Prime Ministers on sidelines of SAARC Summit, was guarded, saying it would be decided after Singh arrives here tomorrow.
“Let the prime minister arrive here. We will see how scheduling of the bilateral meetings will be arranged. We have to await the arrival,” he said.
Courtesy www.Geo.tv