Qureshi is evasive on dialogue
May 11: External affairs minister S.M. Krishna will visit Islamabad on July 15 for talks with his Pakistan counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi. In Islamabad, Mr Qureshi was careful to avoid any suggestion of a resumption of the stalled composite dialogue, which, New Delhi has studiously maintained, would have to wait till after Islamabad has brought the 26/11 terrorists to justice.
For its part, New Delhi has said India and Pakistan should move beyond nomenclature to chart a way forward in their bilateral ties, in a manner that allows to bridge the trust deficit that has impeded peace.
The conviction of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab by a special court in Mumbai has made the Indian agencies hopeful of asking Pakistan to speed up the trial of the 20 other conspirators facing trial in Pakistan. Government sources here said India will emphasise the role of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) operatives in terrorist activities. The list of 20 most wanted individuals sought by India includes Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Sayeed and LeT commander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, besides Abu Hamza, Abu Kaahfa, Zarar Shah, Abu Al Kama and a retired major general of the Pakistani Army who was present during the training of the 10 terrorists who stormed Mumbai.
Sources also said that India would ask Pakistan to reign in Saeed and extradite Lakhvi after a copy of the judgment convicting Kasab was sent to Islamabad, though it was not clear when it would do so. Issues pertaining to movement of terrorists from across the border, training camps run by Pakistan-based terror outfits, and infiltration attempts on the Indo-Pak border, are some of the concerns which India was expected to raise.
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