New Delhi: Pak, India foreign ministers to meet today

New Delhi: Pak, India foreign ministers to meet today
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Summary Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar is going to meet her Indian counterpart in New Delhi today.

During the foreign ministers level talks between the Pakistan and India, Hina will discuss Kahsmir issues, besides talking about other issues.The foreign minister met All Party Hurriyat Conference chief Mirwaiz Umar Farrooq, veteran Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and other Kashmiri leaders on the eve of foreign ministers-level talks between the two neighbours.Pakistans first woman foreign minister discussed recent development on core issue between two countries with Kashmiri leadership and assured them that Pakistan would continue its moral and diplomatic support to resolve the long awaited dispute. She said the Kashmiri leadership should be involved in the dialogue on Kashmir to make the process credible and result-oriented. The Indian media have strongly criticised the foreign ministers meeting with the Kashmir liberation movement leaders.“Hope that these two countries have learnt lessons from history, but are not burdened by history and we can move forward as good, friendly neighbours who have stake in each others future and both the countries understand their responsibilities to the region and within the region, 34-year-old Khar said at her arrival in New Delhi. A host of bilateral issues, including confidence building measures, Indias concerns on terror and Jammu and Kashmir will figure in the talks whose agenda was finalized by the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan during their preparatory meeting today. According to the Indian media, number of buses should be increased for bus service between Rawalakot and Poonch and a quota of four days instead of two should be allotted to trade activities as confidence building measures between Pakistan and India.

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