Salman Bashir's agenda to India

Salman Bashir's agenda to India:
26.02.2010 04:41:22 Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir aimed at ending the chill in bilateral ties, the two sides noted the "trust" deficit in the ties and decided to "remain in touch and continue endeavour to restore trust".Rao told a press conference after the talks that "We have set out to take a first step towards rebuilding trust and I believe my meeting with the Pakistan Foreign Secretary has constituted that first step."

(live-PR.com) - Pakistan today strongly favoured for resumption of the composite dialogue with India. Addressing a press conference after holding talks with his Indian counterpart Ms Nirupama Rao, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said that Pakistan is looking forward to reversing the tide of aggression in the bilateral relations after the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008.

Mr Bashir maintained that Kashmir


remained the core issue and expressed willingness to address and resolve outstanding issues of Siachen and Sir Creek.
Bashir said in press meet: "Do not lecture us." . He had a word of praise for the Indian premier single out Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the only man with a "vision" in the Indian government. Further adds that Pakistan was not desperate for talks and dwelled on Kashmir being the "core issue", demanded "do-able" things like an agreement on the Siachen Glacier and Sir Creek. He said, India prune its defence purchases and curb its missile development. Bashir did not make gave one conciliatory gesture to India's persistent demand to tackle the terrorist infrastructure based on Pakistani soil.

At the talks, Rao handed over to Bashir three dossiers detailing activities against India by groups and individuals based in Pakistan. The dossiers contained 34 names of those involved in Mumbai attacks and perpeptrators of other terror acts here.

India demanded hand over of retired Army Major Iqbal besides Hafiz Saeed and some Lashker operatives like Muzzamil, Abu Hamza, Abu Kahfa, Usman and Sajjid Mir in connection with Mumbai attacks.India asked Pakistan to investigate the claim made by a hitherto unknown organisation, Lashkar-e-Toiba Al Almi and a separate claim by Ilyas Kahmiri owning responsibility for the recent Pune blast."We said it was the duty of Government of Pakistan to take effective action to dismantle and put an end to the activities of all such organisations," Rao said.Rao also raised India's concerns over rise in terrorist infiltration and ceasefire violations across the Line of Control and International Border.Pakistan sought resumption of composite dialogue that was halted by India in the wake of Mumbai attacks but New Delhi disfavoured it, saying "time is not right" and appropriate "climate" was required for it and that could be achieved through a "step-by-step" approach.

When Pakistan raised the Kashmir issue, Rao told the Pakistan Foreign Secretary that India believes in resolving all outstanding issues between the two countries through bilateral dialogue in "an atmosphere free of terror and violence."If we are to build upon the past discussions at an appropriate time, trust and confidence between us must be restored."Rao also rejected Pakistan's allegations of Indian interference in Balochistan, saying New Delhi does not believe in destabilising any country.On water dispute, Rao underlined that the 1960 Indus Water Treaty was the adequate mechanism for resolving such issues.