As it prepares to receive home minister P. Chidambaram later this month, Pakistan on Wednesday said it wanted to know from him as to what India wants to be done on terrorism front so that relations could normalise.
Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said if the two countries are able to end trust deficit and improve relations, it would have a spin-off effect on a number of activities, including trade and tourism.
“In my view, both countries have suffered on account of terrorism. In my view, both countries should engage to deal with this issue of terrorism. We can do it collectively in a more effective manner,” he told PTI in an interview here.
“I am happy to learn that the Indian home minister will be visiting Pakistan on June 26 and I am sure he will discuss these issues with his counterpart (Rahman Malik),” said Mr Qureshi, who was here to attend the Summit of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building in Asia (CICA). Mr Chidambaram will be travelling to Islamabad for Saarc interior ministers’ meeting and during his stay there he is expected to have bilateral meetings with some Pakistani leaders. —PTI