PM back home from Paris, Sharm-el-Sheikh

September 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Hoping to resume the stalled peace process and discuss "the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir", Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said Monday that he would meet his Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao in New York Sep 26. The meeting of the two foreign secretaries will be followed by talks between India's External Affairs Minister S.M.

September 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Government has reportedly agreed to partially share the intelligence it has acquired with regard to the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai and other possible attacks by Pakistani groups with Pakistan, but sources told a private television channel that New Delhi would also continue monitor Islamabad's handling of the six dossiers handed over to it by New Delhi. The report also said that New Delhi will tread the cautious path as far as intelligence sharing is concerned, as it is concerned about possible misuse and misinterpretation, and about this compromising the 26/11 probe.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Making it clear that terror and negotiations cannot go on at the same time, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday said the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet in New York later this month to review Islamabad action's against the 26/11 perpetrators.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Unhappy with Pakistan's lack of action against the Mumbai attackers after the Sharm el-Sheikh summit meeting, India has decided to put on hold a meeting between the foreign secretaries who were expected to meet this month. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is unlikely to go to Islamabad for talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Basheer before the foreign ministers of the two countries meet in New York later this month, official sources said.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Government on Friday announced in Parliament that dialogue with Pakistan would not take place in an atmosphere filled with violence and claimed that this was encapsulated in the Sharm-el-Sheikh statement. Replying to a discussion on the working of his Ministry in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister S.M.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The BJP Wednesday launched a frontal assault on the government for compromising on India's stated position on Pakistan in the Sharm-el-Sheikh joint statement and said the waters of the seven seas will not be able to wash the shame brought on the country through this flawed initiative. "The distinction between the aggressor and the victim has been completely obliterated, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha, also a former foreign minister, said while alluding to a line in the joint statement that says both countries recognise terrorism as the chief threat.

July 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aiming to stem the controversy over the inclusion of Balochistan in the India-Pakistan joint statement, Home Minister P. Chidambaram has asserted that New Delhi has "nothing to do with Pakistan's internal affairs".

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - "Our conduct is an open book," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Pakistani Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani when he brought up the issue of India being "active" in the restive Balochistan area. During the hour-long talks between the two leaders in Sharm-el-Sheikh Thursday, Manmohan Singh discussed the issue of terrorist acts "aided, abetted and inspired from Pakistan".

July 16th, 2009 Sharm-el-SHEIKH - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has assured Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that there is no ban on Sikhs wearing turbans in his country. Sarkozy's assurance came after Manmohan Singh handed over to him a 'non-official' memo two days ago in Paris, official sources said here Thursday.

July 16th, 2009 Sharm-el-SHEIKH - The much anticipated meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani began here Thursday amid expectations that the two sides will be issuing a joint statement. The two leaders are accompanied by their delegations, including the foreign secretaries of the two nations.

July 13th, 2009 PARIS - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Paris Monday night to attend the French National Day parade as chief guest, the first foreign leader to be accorded the honour. The honour reciprocates India's gesture of inviting French President Nicolas Sarkozy as chief guest for its Republic Day parade in January this year, said French envoy to India Jerome Bonnanfont.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left Monday for a four-day trip to Paris, where he will attend the French National Day parade, and the Egyptian resort town of Sharm-el-Sheikh for the 15th Non Aligned Movement (NAM) summit. Manmohan Singh, who is the first foreign leader to be accorded the honour of being chief guest at the Bastille Day parade, will be in Paris for a day before leaving for Sharm-el-Sheikh.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday underlined India's commitment to strengthening the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and its desire to strengthen strategic partnership with Paris in all areas, including civil nuclear cooperation and defence. Manmohan Singh heads to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt to attend the 15th NAM summit Tuesday after a short trip to Paris where he will be the the chief guest at the July 14 National Day celebrations.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday underlined India's commitment to strengthening the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) and its desire to build stronger ties with Paris. The highlight of Manmohan Singh's trip will be his meeting Wednesday with his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the 15th NAM summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

July 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will be chief guest at the French National Day Celebrations in Paris on July 14.