The Pakistani Government on Saturday (December 12) asked the international community to step up pressure on New Delhi to ensure the resumption of dialogue process between the two countries.
Addressing a conference in Bahrain, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi called on the international community to coax India into returning to the dialogue table,
Qureshi said that the world must support India and Pakistan dialogue and assist in easing tension between the two neighbours. He added that the aim of terrorists is to harm India-Pakistan ties and that India has reacted exactly how terrorists want them to react.
Earlier, Pakistan called for resumption of the composite dialogue with India and claimed that the absence of a cooperative regional framework was impeding its ability to bring 26/11 perpetrators to justice.
"The framework can't be worked out unless India agrees to resume an unconditional dialogue,'' Pakistan foreign ministry spokesperson, Abdul Basit, told TOI in an exclusive interview.
He said pre-conditions to the dialogue were untenable. "The dialogue is a must if New Delhi is interested in resolving the bilateral problems, including the core Kashmir issue and also deal effectively with terrorism,'' he said. "If you meet all pre-conditions before resuming the dialogue, then perhaps we don't need to talk.''
He said India was yet to respond to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's proposal for the dialogue resumption. "Qureshi had given the proposal to his Indian counterpart (S M Krishna) in New York and had New Delhi agreed, it would have led to the dialogue's resumption,'' he said. He didn't elaborate on the proposal.
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Addressing a conference in Bahrain, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi called on the international community to coax India into returning to the dialogue table,
Qureshi said that the world must support India and Pakistan dialogue and assist in easing tension between the two neighbours. He added that the aim of terrorists is to harm India-Pakistan ties and that India has reacted exactly how terrorists want them to react.
Earlier, Pakistan called for resumption of the composite dialogue with India and claimed that the absence of a cooperative regional framework was impeding its ability to bring 26/11 perpetrators to justice.
"The framework can't be worked out unless India agrees to resume an unconditional dialogue,'' Pakistan foreign ministry spokesperson, Abdul Basit, told TOI in an exclusive interview.
He said pre-conditions to the dialogue were untenable. "The dialogue is a must if New Delhi is interested in resolving the bilateral problems, including the core Kashmir issue and also deal effectively with terrorism,'' he said. "If you meet all pre-conditions before resuming the dialogue, then perhaps we don't need to talk.''
He said India was yet to respond to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's proposal for the dialogue resumption. "Qureshi had given the proposal to his Indian counterpart (S M Krishna) in New York and had New Delhi agreed, it would have led to the dialogue's resumption,'' he said. He didn't elaborate on the proposal.
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