Pakistan foreign minister to hold talks with EU

October 7th, 2009 Pakistan FM tells Washington group US aid crucialWASHINGTON — Pakistan's foreign minister says a proposed multibillion-dollar U.S. aid package is crucial to Islamabad's efforts to fight terrorists even as his country's military questioned that aid as potentially meddlesome.

July 12th, 2009 Chinese envoy to hold talks with SKorean officialsSEOUL, South Korea — China's top nuclear envoy has arrived in South Korea as part of diplomatic efforts to revive the stalled talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei arrived in Seoul on Sunday after visiting Russia, the U.S.

May 18th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran and Pakistan will hold the last round of the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline talks in Tehran next week, the special representative of Iran's oil minister to the talks has said. 'A Pakistani delegation headed by Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources Asim Hussain is to arrive in Tehran May 23 to finalise the Peace Pipeline deal based on the new price formula,' Hojjatollah Ghanimifard was quoted as saying by Mehr news agency.

April 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Wednesday that Pakistan was keen to hold talks with India on countering terrorism and widening their anti-terror mechanism. 'We are ready to talk as to how it (the mechanism) can be made more effective and as to how we can solidify mutual trust on this issue,' he told OneWorld TV channel.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said Pakistan has to 'convince' India that it is 'absolutely sincere' in not allowing its territory to be used for terror acts against India as a 'minimum precondition' for further bilateral talks. Addressing a press conference on the sidelines of the G-20 summit here, Manmohan Singh also said that India had provided Pakistan with all the answers to its queries on the 26/11 terror attacks and the ball was now 'in Pakistan's court' on bringing the perpetrators to book.

March 14th, 2009 BRUSSELS - The continuous spate of political confrontation in Pakistan has further attracted the attention of the international community, with the European Union (EU) now expressing serious concerns over the issue. "We voiced serious concern at the current political instability in Pakistan," The Dawn quoted a senior EU diplomat, as saying.

February 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US, Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to hold regular trilateral meetings to exchange views on strategic issues in the seven-year-old Afghan war against the Taliban militants. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the agreement Thursday after a three-day 'valuable and unprecedented meeting' with high-level delegations from Afghanistan and Pakistan led by their foreign ministers as part of an ongoing US policy review.

February 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Pakistan were close to reaching broad outlines of a solution to the Kashmir dispute but it could not happen due to 'sheer bad luck', says former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid M. Kasuri. Kasuri also said there was a substantial understanding on a joint mechanism that would comprise representatives from the two countries besides both sides of the divided Kashmir.

February 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - US special representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke will visit Pakistan from Feb 9 to 12, the Pakistani foreign ministry said Saturday. During his first visit, Holbrooke will call on Pakistani leaders and hold in-depth talks, the ministry said in a statement.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reacting to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's statement that his government has given a 'blank cheque' to China to talk to India on its behalf on the issue of terrorism, the Congress party Friday said it would not allow any third-party mediation. 'It is against the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) convention, in which there is no scope for any third-party intervention as far as action against terrorism is concerned,' Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari told reporters.

January 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Monday that the global community should ask India to resume the dialogue process with Islamabad, Geo TV reported. He made the remarks during a briefing to foreign envoys at the foreign ministry.

January 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will brief foreign ambassadors later Monday about the efforts made and investigations conducted here so far in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai attack, a media report said. 'The briefing to be given by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will also be attended by Interior Adviser Rehman Malik,' Geo TV reported.

January 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband Friday said Pakistan should hold 'transparent investigations' into the Mumbai attacks and the culprits should be tried in the country. 'Pakistan should hold transparent investigations into the attacks and the culprits should be tried in Pakistan,' Milband told a press conference at the British High Commission.

January 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Saudi intelligence chief Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz arrived in Pakistan Tuesday to 'discuss Pakistan-India tension', a media report said. Geo TV citing diplomatic sources said that he would meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and other top ranking officials.

December 29th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tuesday asked India to deactivate its forward air bases and move troops back to the peacetime locations, saying Islamabad was ready to hold a dialogue with New Delhi. 'India should deactivate forward air bases and relocate forces to the peacetime locations,' Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on state-run Pakistan Television (PTV).