Krishna to visit Islamabad on July 15<br/><br/> <br/><br/>The External Affairs Minister Mr. S M Krishna will visit Islamabad on the 15th of July for talks with his Pakistan counterpart Mr. Shah Mehmood Qureshi to work out the modalities for carrying forward the dialogue process. After a 25-minute telephonic conversation between the two ministers today, Mr. Krishna told reporters that Qureshi had invited him to visit Islamabad and he is looking forward to these talks. He expressed hope that the talks will be fruitful in bringing the two countries closer. Mr. Krishna said he and Mr. Qureshi will work out the methodology to carry forward the dialogue between the two countries so that all outstanding issues could be discussed in an atmosphere of mutual trust.<br/><br/>The Home Minister Mr. Chidambaram is also expected to have a bilateral meeting Pakistan's Interior Minister on the sidelines of SAARC Conference of Home Ministers on 26th of June. <br/><br/> <br/><br/>The Prime Ministers of both the countries had after their meeting in Thimpu last month asked the Foreign Ministers and Foreign Secretaries to meet as soon as possible and discuss ways to reduce trust deficit. On Thursday, Mr Krishna had said in Rajya Sabha that India had decided to have a dialogue as there has been a transformation in ties with assurance coming at the level of Pakistan Prime Minister that India's core concern with regard to terrorism would be addressed adequately.
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