Pakistan is growing restive with the below the radar screen diplomacy. This is the issue Modi and Sharif will grapple with at their Washington meeting, says Rajeev Sharma.
The SAARC summit on Interior/Home affairs had a cold start on Thursday when the Indo-Pak interior secretaries had miscommunication in their one on one meeting and the delegates failed to approve few key proposals to cooperate in the fields of police and immigration.
Hours after an Indian court convicted Ajmal Kasab for involvement in the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh had told him that he trusted Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of the carnage to justice.
Prime Minister Singh left on Friday morning for New Delhi from Paro International airport, about 60 km from Thimphu, the Bhutanese capital.
On the eve of a crucial meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani, the United States on Wednesday said that it encourages such development which is good for the region.
Pakistan's request for access to Kasab was contained in its response to the three Indian dossiers provided to it during the February 25 Foreign Secretary-level talks in New Delhi, official sources told PTI.
This would be Karzai's first visit to India after his re-election as President. It assumes importance as it is taking place just before Karzai holds a Grand Jirga to reconcile with the so-called 'Good Taliban'.
Japan said it also understood India's need for using nuclear power to meet its energy deficit.
India on Tuesday announced that it will allow zero duty access to least developed countries of South Asia by the year end and reduce the sensitive list in respect of these nations
New Delhi's assurance was conveyed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a meeting with his Nepalese counterpart G P Koirala, who is in Delhi to attend the two-day SAARC Summit starting on Tuesday.
The visiting Indian minister also met his Sri Lankan counterpart Mangala Samaraweera.
He will also review the third round of the Composite Dialogue process, Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told a media briefing.
Nikhil Laxman, in Colombo, analyses 15th SAARC summit's opening day
The two leaders, while reviewing the progress of the ongoing peace process, are also believed to have discussed Siachen and Sir Creek.
Vajpayee, however, said he was willing to discuss economic ties with Pakistan to his visit to Islamabad.
The issue gains importance in view of the recent attempt on the life of President Gen Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad.
The Pakistan president accused India of being an 'intransigent and arrogant' power.
"It is a good news and talks between two countries should start," Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan told Voice of America radio.
Sarabjit's sister Dalbir said External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi assured her that he will raise the issue with the Pakistan government during his visit.
'India has asked Pakistan to take certain steps and talks are not possible unless Pakistan convinces India on that,' Sibal said.
He will be visiting Pakistan to attend the SAARC Summit in January 2004.
India slashes sensitive list for LDCs under SAFTA.
The leaders also adopted the Islamabad Declaration for the SAARC summit.
Rejecting Pakistan's efforts to define terrorism in any particular way, New Delhi underlined that everyone knows what the scourge constitutes and that it was important to end it.
Pakistan has sought to put the ball in India's court for talks between the prime ministers of the two countries amidst strong indications of an interaction on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit.
Two senior judges killed in blast in Bangladesh
The two leaders, who will be present in Ufa to attend the SCO summit, will be meeting on the sidelines of it.
The meeting between Jaishankar and Zameer in the Ugandan capital city of Kampala came amid an unease in the Maldives' bilateral ties with India.
Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit on Wednesday hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to his country during the next SAARC meet would go beyond SAARC issues.
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