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Indo-Pak "natural partners" to combat climate change: Qureshi
Betwa Sharma New York, Sept 25 (PTI) Noting that the climate change may have contributed to the devastating floods in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi suggested that India and Pakistan were natural allies in combating the problem plaguing both countries. "If we need to look into climate change, can we do it alone?" Qureshi said, speaking at the Asia Society yesterday in New York.
"The most natural partners on issues of climate change are India and Pakistan. We share water.
the Himalayan glaciersif they (India) get affected.
we both get affected," he added.
Qureshi and Foreign Minister S M Krishna are here to attend the opening week of the General Assembly and are expected to have a bilateral next week. Qureshi was highlighting the need to overcome the "trust deficit" so that the region could benefit from mutual areas of cooperation including combating terrorism and fighting povertyproblems that plague counties.
"We stand to gain by engaging with each other, I feel that South Asia has a lot of common," the minister said. "A regional approach can be useful.
We have made huge advances and yet in out countries there are people who do not get clean drinking water," he added. Meanwhile, Krishna has also indicated that New Delhi is willing to discuss all issues in talks with Qureshi when he visits New Delhi on a yet-to-be-decided date.
While the Indian side has not confirmed a date for the bilateral meeting here, a senior diplomat from Pakistani claimed that a meeting had been cleared by both ministries and was expected to take place early next week, maybe even Monday. Krishna is in New York till September 29 while Qureshi is here till September 30.
Indo-Pak "natural partners" to combat climate change: Qureshi - Yahoo! India News
Betwa Sharma New York, Sept 25 (PTI) Noting that the climate change may have contributed to the devastating floods in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi suggested that India and Pakistan were natural allies in combating the problem plaguing both countries. "If we need to look into climate change, can we do it alone?" Qureshi said, speaking at the Asia Society yesterday in New York.
"The most natural partners on issues of climate change are India and Pakistan. We share water.
the Himalayan glaciersif they (India) get affected.
we both get affected," he added.
Qureshi and Foreign Minister S M Krishna are here to attend the opening week of the General Assembly and are expected to have a bilateral next week. Qureshi was highlighting the need to overcome the "trust deficit" so that the region could benefit from mutual areas of cooperation including combating terrorism and fighting povertyproblems that plague counties.
"We stand to gain by engaging with each other, I feel that South Asia has a lot of common," the minister said. "A regional approach can be useful.
We have made huge advances and yet in out countries there are people who do not get clean drinking water," he added. Meanwhile, Krishna has also indicated that New Delhi is willing to discuss all issues in talks with Qureshi when he visits New Delhi on a yet-to-be-decided date.
While the Indian side has not confirmed a date for the bilateral meeting here, a senior diplomat from Pakistani claimed that a meeting had been cleared by both ministries and was expected to take place early next week, maybe even Monday. Krishna is in New York till September 29 while Qureshi is here till September 30.
Indo-Pak "natural partners" to combat climate change: Qureshi - Yahoo! India News
