New Delhi, Feb 06: External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha today held talks with his British counterpart Jack Straw, who is on a four-day visit to India.
Setting the stage for talks, Straw referred to India as a key player in efforts to make the world safer from global terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
The two leaders set the ball rolling by calling for an international debate on Pakistan's handling of its nuclear technology and know how, which was sold to countries like Iran, Libya and North Korea.

In its first official reaction to Pakistan's top scientist A Q Khan's admission to having sold sensitive technology abroad, India said it was "not an internal matter" of Pakistan.
India also highlighted the need for an international debate on the issue to ensure a "more responsible" behaviour from countries with nuclear capability.
"Obviously, there were some charges and that's why the Pakistan Cabinet decided to recommend that Khan be pardoned," said Yashwant Sinha. Moving on to the other relevant issue of Pakistan's re-entry into the Commonwealth, Straw said, "It is not a matter of bilateral decision between India and the UK. It is a decision to be taken in due course by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG)."
Sharing this view, Sinha observed that India was not a member of the CMAG in 1999 when Pakistan was suspended from the Councils of the Commonwealth in wake of the military takeover.
"India became a CMAG member much later and it was for the CMAG with eight foreign ministers to take a view on this issue. It is not for us here to decided here what is going to happen next at the CMAG," added Sinha. During parleys, Straw was also questioned on why Britain was using different yardsticks for Pakistan and Iraq with regards to nuclear proliferation.

Straw's reaction however was a curt "the situation is different in Pakistan".
The two sides also agreed to step up cooperation in all areas, while identifying high technology as a driving force of their relationship in future.
Straw will now visit Bangalore, the outsourcing capital of India. He is hoping to defy fears back home among labour unions that British jobs are being lost to Indians.
The argument he is hoping to push for is that Britain needs India in a globally competitive environment. Bureau Report