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We are trying to normalise ties with Pakistan: PM
Tribune News Service
India has made “serious efforts” to normalise ties with Pakistan and hopes that Islamabad would address New Delhi’s concerns about infiltration and ceasefire violations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today. Observing that the new government in Pakistan “means well”, he said India was committed to resolving all outstanding issues with Islamabad through peaceful dialogue. “We are committed to resolving all outstanding issues between the
two countries through peaceful dialogue. There are certain concerns we have about infiltration, about violations of ceasefire, these I did raise and I hope that in the days and months to come the government of Pakistan will have the wisdom to address some of them,” the PM told reporters who accompanied him on his ten-day trip to the US and France.Describing his meeting with the new President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, last week as an “essay in mutual comprehension”, Manmohan Singh said: “I had not met him before and the meeting lasted for around 45 minutes, the outcome of which you have seen in the form of a joint statement.
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