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Pakistan to propose dates for talks with India

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Jan 19, IRNA -- Pakistan has decided to propose India two 
alternative dates - February 16 or 23 - for resumption of composite 
dialogue between the two countries, local press reported Monday. 
The decision to resume talks was taken during a recent meeting 
between Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime 
Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. 
Though, both sides have agreed on peace process, but so far, the 
date, venue and agenda of the composite dialogue to settle their 
bilateral issues, including the Kashmir issue have not been finalised.
Pakistan`s Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and his Indian
counterpart Yashwant Sinha on Saturday, expressed their resolve to 
initiate talks from next month. 
The recent thaw culminated in one-on-one meeting between President
Musharraf and Premier Vajpayee on the sidelines of the SAARC summit, 
which ended on February 6 in Islamabad. 
Experts believed the core issue of Kashmir had been impeding 
efforts for normalisation of bilateral relations between the two 
nations since their independence in August 1947. 
Islamabad and New Delhi have fought two of their three wars on 
Kashmir and were close to the fourth, following a terrorist attack on 
the Indian Parliament in December 2001. 
However, hectic efforts by the regional countries and the 
international community, defused the situation. 
MHA/TSH/210 
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