Feb
06

South Asia – Islamabad and Delhi may lay out talks agenda today (Business Recorder)

Islamabad and Delhi may lay out talks agenda today (Business Recorder)
NEW DELHI (February 06 2010): Indian and Pakistani officials are likely to meet on Monday to decide the agenda of bilateral talks proposed by India over a year after the terror attacks on Mumbai.

Pak identifies ‘eight issues’ for meaningful, sustained dialogue with India (Calcutta News)
Islamabad, Feb.6 : Responding to New Delhi’s overture, Pakistan has said that it wants a sustained and meaningful dialogue with India, and has identified ‘eight issues’ for discussions, which also include the Kashmir issue and water disputes.

India, Pakistan may lay out talks agenda on Monday (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian and Pakistani officials are likely to meet Monday to decide the agenda of bilateral talks proposed by India after a two-year interval following the attacks in Mumbai.

Text of Indian Prime Minister’s address at 10th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (New Kerala)
“I am truly honoured to have this unique opportunity to address such a prestigious gathering of government leaders, civil society activists, academics and scientists from around the world.

Pakistan hopes dialogue will resume, India cautious (Calcutta News)
Islamabad/New Delhi/India’s offer of foreign secretary-level talks has predictably raised hopes in Islamabad about a revival of the composite dialogue, with its top leadership discussing the Indian proposal.

India offer of talks aims to break deadlock over ties with Pakistan (People’s Daily)
One day after India proposed to Pakistan for the resumption of talks suspended after Mumbai attacks, words were doing the rounds Friday here in media and among political experts that the move aims to break the deadlock over ties with Pakistan. Indian media reported Thursday, quoting official sources, that New Delhi proposed foreign secretary-level talks to Islamabad on all outstanding issues …

India to work with other countries on Indian Ocean security (The Malay Mail)
NEW DELHI: Indian Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said India preferred to work together with other countries of the Indian Ocean region rather than assuming a leadership role, China’s Xinhua news agency reported, citing the local daily The Hindu on Saturday.

India will depend on US for military hardware (rediff.com)
Rahul Bedi, who has been writing relentlessly on India’s strategic and defence related issues, thinks this year will cement India-United States defence ties like never before. New Delhi-based Bedi is a correspondent for the prestigious Jane’s Defence Weekly spoke to rediff.com’s Sheela Bhatt.

India To Work With Other Countries On Indian Ocean Security (Bernama)
NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (Bernama) — Indian Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said India prefered to work together with other countries of the Indian Ocean region rather than assuming a leadership role, China’s Xinhua news agency reported, citing the local daily The Hindu on Saturday.

India, Pak artists hail talks resumption moves (New Kerala)
By Ravinder Singh Robin, On board New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi, Feb.6 : Artists from India and Pakistan travelling on the Shatabdi Express between New Delhi and Amritsar have hailed the Indian and Pakistan Governments decision to consider a resumption of talks between the two countries.

US ties India-Pak talks to Afghanistan (The Times of India)
US, the hand behind the India-Pak thaw, has welcomed New Delhi s decision to talk to Islamabad while underscoring the dialogue’s importance to the situation in Afghanistan rather than to Pak s Kashmir peeves.