Talks with India unavoidable, says Pakistan

September 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India will meet in New York for talks Sep 26-27, the Online news agency reported Friday. The foreign secretary-level talks will be held Sep 26, while the foreign ministers will meet a day later, a private news TV channel said quoting Pakistan foreign office sources.

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Government has reportedly said that unless Pakistan takes, some sort of action against the 26/11 accused, the possibility of a resumption of dialogue is remote. According to sources, India has provided enough evidence to Pakistan regarding the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks and the need is for Pakistan to act, and then only the dialogue between both the countries can be held.

September 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that they will not follow a tit-for-tat policy if India tests a nuclear device. "We will not follow a tit-for-tat policy, but we are fully capable of protecting our national interests," Qureshi said.

August 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will restart dialogue with Pakistan only if Islamabad fulfils its "commitments", Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur reiterated Wednesday. I think that we have never wavered from the stand that we have taken.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday said Pakistan has not responded positively to India's proposal for an extradition treaty. "India has proposed an extradition treaty to Pakistan in the Home Secretary talks in the composite dialogue since 2004, External Affairs Minister S.M.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Friday ruled out resumption of talks with Pakistan until it took tangible measures to prevent terrorism directed against this country. "Not unless they (Pakistan) take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from the soil of Pakistan aimed against India (can talks resume)," External Affairs Minister S.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna on Friday said India will resume dialogue with Pakistan only if they take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks. Talking to reporters here, Krishna said, "There will not be any talks between India and Pakistan unless they take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from Pakistan aimed against India.

May 29th, 2009 BANGALORE - External Affairs minister S.M.Krishna on Friday said that peace process with Pakistan could only resume if Pakistan dismantled terror aiding set-ups functioning on its soil. Addressing media persons here, Krishna said Pakistan is expected to take certain step to show India and the rest of the world that it is actually serious about fighting terrorism.

May 26th, 2009 TEHRAN - India can still join the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, the Iranian foreign ministry said, a day after Islamabad and Tehran signed a pact on the export of Iranian gas. "Up to now, no Indian official has stated his countrys withdrawal from the project and we hope they make their decision soon, Hojjatollah Ghanimifard, the representative of Iranian oil minister to the IPI talks, said Monday.

May 22nd, 2009 LAHORE - In what may be seen a step towards de-escalation of heightened tension between India and Pakistan, both the countries, for the time after the Mumbai terror attack, have agreed to hold talks on water-related issues. The bilateral talks would be held from May 30 to June 3 in New Delhi, The Daily Times reports.

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 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said that no effort can be made to have peace talks with Pakistan unless Islamabad takes strict action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks.

April 12th, 2009 LAHORE - While India has taken a tough stance scrapping all bilateral talks with Pakistan in the wake of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks ,former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that he would have initiated talks with the neighbouring country if such an incident had occurred on his own soil. "If I were the prime minister, I would have seen how concerned India was and what India's involvement was.

April 9th, 2009 JAMMU - Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Thursday said his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would work to re-initiate peace talks between India and Pakistan. 'With the support of the people the PDP will persuade both India and Pakistan to re-initiate the peace process and take concrete steps for the solution of the Kashmir problem,' Mufti Sayeed said at an election meeting in Mendhar, 200 km north of Jammu.

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.