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Back-door talks with Pak: India says no
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, February 27, 2012
While India is open to engagement between All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and Islamabad, it is not inclined to any back-channel diplomacy with the neighbour at the moment due to serious internal divisions within Pakistan. “There is no question of any back-channel diplomacy at this stage as the Asif Ali Zardari government is at odds with the all-powerful Pakistan Army, and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is battling the Supreme Court... Even if we want to talk, who do we talk to?” said a top government official on condition of anonymity.
However, he said that New Delhi was not averse to Pakistan re-engaging the Hurriyat Conference as the separatists always get their cues from Islamabad and the Pakistan ISI.
South Block sources said that the India-Pakistan process, in fact, had slowed down as Islamabad is yet to confirm dates for home secretary-level talks and 26/11 judicial commission team is yet to make up its mind to travel to Mumbai.
Besides, India has taken a dim view of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) patron Hafiz Saeed, key accused in the 26/11 massacre, sharing political platform with former Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and the twists and turns Islamabad has taken in granting the most favoured nation status to India.
Back-door talks with Pak: India says no - Hindustan Times
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, February 27, 2012
While India is open to engagement between All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and Islamabad, it is not inclined to any back-channel diplomacy with the neighbour at the moment due to serious internal divisions within Pakistan. “There is no question of any back-channel diplomacy at this stage as the Asif Ali Zardari government is at odds with the all-powerful Pakistan Army, and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is battling the Supreme Court... Even if we want to talk, who do we talk to?” said a top government official on condition of anonymity.
However, he said that New Delhi was not averse to Pakistan re-engaging the Hurriyat Conference as the separatists always get their cues from Islamabad and the Pakistan ISI.
South Block sources said that the India-Pakistan process, in fact, had slowed down as Islamabad is yet to confirm dates for home secretary-level talks and 26/11 judicial commission team is yet to make up its mind to travel to Mumbai.
Besides, India has taken a dim view of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) patron Hafiz Saeed, key accused in the 26/11 massacre, sharing political platform with former Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and the twists and turns Islamabad has taken in granting the most favoured nation status to India.
Back-door talks with Pak: India says no - Hindustan Times