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Pakistan, India discuss security, WMD issues

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Feb 9, IRNA - Pakistan and India have discussed 
security-related issues and the efforts to halt spread of weapons 
of mass destruction (WMDs), press reports said Monday. 
Both sides discussed these issues during a meeting between 
Pakistan`s Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and India`s 
National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra at the close of a security 
conference in Munich Sunday. 
Pledging to continue work for nuclear non-proliferation, 
Islamabad and New Delhi reiterated their stance not to sign the 
nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT). 
Mishra was in Pakistan, prior to the South Asian Association for 
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit last month in Islamabad. Some 
reports said he held talks with top officials of Pakistani security 
agencies. However, neither side disclosed details of those talks. 
At the end of summit and a meeting between President General 
Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee 
India and Pakistan decided to commence composite dialogue to resolve 
bilateral issues, including Kashmir. 
Islamabad and New Delhi are engaged in preparations for the 
dialogue, starting from February 16. The dialogue would continue for 
three days in Islamabad at the level of foreign secretaries. 
Both countries have improved relations in recent months 
following announcement to take a number of confidence-building 
measures. 
Pakistan and India, weary of tensions and acrimonious history, 
have decided to improve their relations and settle their issues 
through peaceful means. They have fought three wars, two over 
Kashmir since their independence from the British colonial rule in 
August 1947. 
Better relations between the two could trigger economic activity 
in the region and help build a multi-billion-gas pipeline project 
from Iran to India via Pakistan. The project was envisioned a decade 
ago, but could not be realized because of Pak-India relations. 
MHA/TSH/213 
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