Thursday, June 24, 2010

India wants to usher new era of ties with Pakistan


GEO 436 ISLAMABAD: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said the focus of both India and Pakistan in the recent negotiations remained on the restoration of composite Indo-Pak dialogues, Geo News reported Thursday. Addressing a joint press conference along with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir, she said her country wanted to begin a new chapter of relations in this regard. The Indian official said the dialogues were held in constructive and conducive environment where viewpoints of both parties were given weight. She said the thought was given to restoring the trust between the two countries, so that path could be paved for the comprehensive dialogues, adding India talked to Pakistan on restoration of bilateral ties and bridging the gap between the two countries. "The issue relating terrorism was of course one of the principal topic during the talks. And both the countries will have to work in sync to eliminate the menace,' she stressed. Speaking on the occasion, Salman said Pakistan visit by the Indian Foreign Secretary to work out for the meeting of Foreign Ministers is important.

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