'Everyone has to take some step in solving this deadlock -- civil society, separatist leaders, the government.'
'Some aspects of China's relations with Pakistan, including their nexus in nuclear and missile proliferation, however, continue to cause serious concern in India,' the external affairs minister said.
In a bid to further boost the growing bilateral trade, Sri Lanka is seeking to upgrade its free trade agreement with India to include services and investments, officials said in Colombo.
He acknowledged that the peace process had found a large number of supporters among the public in both countries, which works to assure that the process would remain sustainable.
India and Bangladesh had decided to start the service during the Joint Economic Commission meeting in Dhaka.
Making it clear that the Bharatiya Janata Party is no mood to buckle under pressure from the Janata Dal-Secular, a senior BJP leader made it clear that he will not hold talks with JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda.
Yashwant Sinha said the government's decision came after taking into account the popular response in India to the Noor Fatima case.
The External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Tuesday that trade and economic cooperation has now become an important part of India's foreign policy and the country is now in a position to increase its investments abroad.
The external affairs minister said, 'It will be very good if Pakistan stops cross-border terrorism.'
During wide-ranging discussions with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and his deputy Alexei Kudrin, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha sought Moscow's co-operation in addressing three major areas of concern.
Sinha said Islamabad needs to stop cross-border terrorism for an Indo-Pak dialogue to be resumed.
Peace moves between India and Pakistan are expected to be the highlight of their talks.
He is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Vajpayee and his deputy Advani later in the day.
It was reacting to External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha's reported remarks that India has better case for a pre-emptive strike against Pakistan than the US had against Iraq.
The party is likely to table a privilege motion against Manmohan Singh.
India has agreed to increase cooperation in energy and transport with Myanmar, where India is keen to counter growing influence from China.\n\n
There is now a recognition of the contribution made by the diaspora and the role it can play in advancing India's interests, he said.
Sinha, who flew to Mumbai late on Saturday evening after attending a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, will travel to New York on Sunday morning before moving to Washington.
Secretary of State Colin Powell described the Vajpayee-Musharraf meeting as 'historic'.
Asking the European businessmen to shed their old image of India, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on Friday said things have changed here and it is "now a happening place," opening bright prospects for a partnership with a "new India."
