During a 30-minute meeting between External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and the Pakistan Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz on the margins of the 11th Asia-Europe Foreign Minister (ASEM) conference here, the two stressed the need for their DGMOs to meet at an early date and discuss ways to retain peace and tranquility along the Line of Control.
India also pressed Pakistan for expeditious trial in Mumbai terror attack cases in the last of the 20 bilateral meetings Khurshid had on the margins of ASEM, telling Aziz that India has provided Pakistan with all evidence it has asked for.
Ahead of the meeting, Khurshid had said there have been events in the recent times that are not seen by the government or by anybody in India as encouraging, an apparent reference to ceasefire violations along the LoC in which many Indian soldiers have been killed.
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"For a meaningful dialogue to take place (between India and Pakistan), conducive circumstances have to be created and it have to be done by both sides, it can not be only on one side. Some of these events have been somewhat counterproductive, unfortunately," Khurshid told reporters.
Asked about Aziz's meeting with Hurriyat and other separatist leaders immediately after arriving for the 11th ASEM Foreign Ministers meeting, Khurshid said, "I must say it is important that what we say and what we do, we have to carefully watch.
"Because this is not a dialogue that happens in isolation, this is a dialogue that is contextual and this is a dialogue that needs public support. And we think that we have done a great deal to help Pakistan government to get the public support that it needs to be able to have a fair and transparent dialogue with India.