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Friday, July 15, 2011
Talks with Pakistan to go ahead: India
NEW DELHI: Talks between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan will take place as planned at the end of July despite the triple blasts in Mumbai, the Indian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
“The talks are proceeding as scheduled,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash told a foreign news agency.
“There has been a heinous terrorist attack on Mumbai and we have duly noted the message of condolence from the president and prime minister of Pakistan.”
A date has yet to be finalised for the talks in New Delhi between Pakistan’s Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar and her Indian counterpart SM Krishna, but Prakash said it would be in the last week of July.
The foreign minister talks are the latest in a series of contacts between senior figures as the countries look to finalise a comprehensive peace deal that would put an end to 60 years of cross-border tension in South Asia.
India has moved to curb speculation about who was behind Wednesday’s bombings.
India broke off diplomatic relations with Pakistan in the aftermath and remains frustrated that the alleged masterminds are at large in Pakistan. The two countries have fought three wars since independence in 1947. afp
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk