The Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan will meet next week in New Delhi to discuss issues like terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir, trade and promotion of bilateral exchanges. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and newly-appointed Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Kher will hold day-long talks on July 27, 2011. The talks will be preceded by a meeting of the Foreign Secretaries on Tuesday. Besides terrorism, a number of issues including Jammu and Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek, trade, confidence-building measures and people-to-people contact will be discussed in the meeting.AIR correspondent reports that India is expected to raise concern over the slow pace of 2008 Mumbai attack probe and trial in Pakistan during the crucial talks.After the talks were suspended in the wake of 26/11 Mumbai attack, the two countries in February decided to resume talks on all bilateral issues, which were earlier being discussed under the Composite Dialogue. Subsequently, talks were held at levels of Defence, Interior and Commerce Secretaries and other official levels.
News On AIR | July 21, 2011 5:04 PM
India, Pak foreign ministers to meet next week