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Friday, July 22, 2011
Indo-Pak foreign ministers to meet on 27th
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will visit India next week to discuss ways to make the peace process between the two countries more result-oriented.
A brief announcement from the Foreign Office Thursday said Khar would be visiting India at the invitation of Indian External Affairs Minister Shri SM Krishna for the talks on July 27 in New Delhi.
Khar, who has recently been elevated to the post of federal minister, would lead the talks that would be preceded by a meeting of the Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India on July 26. At a recent meeting with Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal, Khar expressed satisfaction at the resumption of the talks and urged to make the dialogue process “uninterrupted and uninterruptable”.
The peace process between Pakistan and India was stalled by the 2008 Mumbai attacks. However the ice was broken following a meeting between prime ministers Yousaf Raza Gilani and Manmohan Singh at Sharm el Sheikh in 2009. The two last met at Mohali to witness the Pakistan-India cricket World Cup semi-final in March. The two leaders expressed to resolve that dialogue was the only way forward and agreed to discuss all outstanding issues.
Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan met in Islamabad on June 23rd and 24th and discussed peace and security, Jammu and Kashmir, and the promotion of friendly exchanges. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk