FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi Arrives in India on a 4-day Visit

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 12:00 pm

FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi Arrives in India on a 4 day Visit New Delhi: In the backdrop of positive atmospherics recently, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrived in India for a four-day visit from Wednesday during which the two sides will review the Composite Dialogue and consider more confidence-building measures.

Qureshi will hold talks with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on a whole range of issues including terrorism, Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek, trade and river water sharing.

After opening the Line of Control for trade last month, the two sides are expected to look at more CBMs like expanding the pilgrim places that can be visited by people of the other country.

The 2007 blast on cross-border Samjhauta Express is also expected to figure in the talks, with the Pakistani side likely to raise the matter in view of investigators in India reportedly suggesting involvement of some Hindu groups in the attack as against the Pakistan-based elements as suspected earlier.

The talks are taking place in the backdrop of positive statements by the Pakistani leadership, including President Asif Ali Zardari who promised on Saturday not to use nuclear weapons against India first and talked about reconciliation to build the bilateral ties.

Cross-border infiltration has also witnessed a decline over the past few months and two phases of polling in Jammu and Kashmir have been violence-free, which New Delhi says augur well for pushing the peace process.

New Delhi feels that the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Zardari in New York in September had marked a change in Islamabad’s attitude, providing positive impetus to the relations that had witnessed a low after the July 7 attack on Indian embassy in Kabul.

FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi Arrives in India on a 4-day Visit

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