There is no point is just talking to Bharat (aka India)–that has been going on for six decades. If Bharat is interested in any meaningful discussions it should resolve Sir Creek, and Siachin immediately, stop cross border support for the TTP and the BLA, banning the terror groups Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal, and the RSS and those types of organization, handing over Colonel Prohit, Mr. Adhvani and Mr. Thackery who are wanted for crimes in Pakistan and Bharat should immediately cease pogroms against Muslims in Mumbai and Gujerat. These would be good Confidence building measures for starters.
NEW DELHI (Agencies) – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he has clear roadmap for talks with India, in which more tangible issues like the water dispute will take precedence over traditional faultlines like Kashmir.
Talking to The Times of India on Sunday, Foreign Minister Qureshi said that there were huge constituencies for peace in both nations.
“Yes, you have to understand that India-Pakistan relations have a history we can’t ignore, and we’ve some outstanding issues,” said Qureshi while responding to a question about Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s statement that Pakistan’s strategic policies will remain India-centric as long as Kashmir and water disputes are not resolved and whether the political leadership shares the view.
“The two countries recognise them and have been in negotiations through composite dialogue. These outstanding issues have been recognised internationally,” he said.
When asked about chances of J&K dispute’s resolution, he said that it was difficult to give a timeframe in this regard.
“We’ve made progress on Kashmir related CBMs. We should look at the positive developments so far made and review them. We should look at more CBMs to create a conducive environment in consultation with the Kashmiris,” he said, adding that Kashmiris were the main party in the issue and their aspirations could not be overlooked.
The Minister further said the Kashmir issue had been recognised internationally and was on the UN agenda. Similarly, the water dispute with India had been recognised internationally and the World Bank had played a role in the Indus Water Treaty in 1960, he added. The Nation
Pakistan on Sunday said it is in the process of framing a response to India’s offer to resume talks but indicated that it would prefer to stick to the established composite dialogue process that was stalled in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
“We are still in the process of holding internal consultations (on the Indian offer) and have not really formulated a response… It is important to know what we are getting into and the trajectory of the (proposed) talks,” Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit told PTI.
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Referring to the stalled composite dialogue process, Mr. Basit said: “We already have an established framework and it would not be desirable to reinvent the wheel.”
The spokesman made it clear that Pakistan was “not against engagement with India” but said “talks for the sake of talks would have no meaning.”
All parleys would have to be “constructive and meaningful,” he said.
Mr. Basit said Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao had suggested to Pakistan’s High Commissioner in New Delhi Shahid Malik during a meeting on Friday that the two sides should hold their “first round of talks and take it from there.”
India has proposed a meeting of the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries to break the stalemate that has existed since the Mumbai attacks, which were carried out by members of the Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba terror group.
Official sources have said that Ms. Rao, during a telephonic contact with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir earlier this month, made it clear that the proposed talks would focus on terrorism and other issues “hurting” bilateral ties and gave no indication about the full-fledged resumption of the composite dialogue. Pak formulating response to talks offer, but prefers composite dialogue, PTI
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Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has convened an inter-ministerial meeting in the Foreign Office next week to assess the Indian proposal and to finalise a strategy and agenda for the Foreign Secretary-level talks.
Mr. Malik has been summoned to Islamabad for consultations and to attend the inter-ministerial meeting.
The meeting is expected to be attended by representatives of the defence and interior ministries and senior officials of intelligence agencies, including the Inter-Services Intelligence.
The Dawn newspaper quoted an unnamed senior official as saying that the purpose of the meeting is to “develop a comprehensive strategy and take all stakeholders on board.”
Pakistan has been insisting on the revival of the composite dialogue as it feels the four rounds of talks held as part of that process had led to substantial progress in bilateral relations. Pak formulating response to talks offer, but prefers composite dialogue, PTI
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Kashmir can be resolved by bifurcating the state along the River Chenab along linguistic lines–as happened in Haryan and Punjab and other places. Bharat shoudl also withdraw its forces from Junagarh and Manvadar. She should apologize for supprting the Mukti Bahni and inculcating 80,000 Hindus into the terror group.
Keywords: Foreign Secretary-level talks, composite dialogue, Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Nirupama Rao, Lashker-e-Taiba
