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Daily News - 29 July 1998

Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee will meet his Pakistani counterpart, Mr. Nawaz Sharief today. Our Special Correspondent Ganeshan reports from Colombo:

India will follow the approach of building up trust and goodwill with Pakistan. The South Asian neighbours will proceed on the basis of letters exchanged between them in June last, on various issues including nuclear weaponisation and Jammu and Kashmir. Foreign Secretary, Mr. Raghunath has made it clear that ultimately the dialogue between the leaders will center around building up security and confidence between the neighbours. He said, India feels that it is in the common interest of both the countries, the outstanding issues should be resolved in a peaceful manner. India has made its position very clear regarding the Kashmir issue and has rejected third party mediation. But Pakistan is insisting only on third party mediation and has linked up the Kashmir issue with signing of the CTBT, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. One only wonders how with both sides sticking to their stand rigidly and making it known to everybody, the breakthrough is going to come. The Indian side however, is quite optimistic. What comes out will be known this evening when the Prime Ministers are expected to brief the press.