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Imperative for India & Pak to establish cordial ties: PM
London, Nov 07: Observing that he cannot predict whether or how soon the peace process with Pakistan can go forward, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said it is `imperative` for the two countries to have cordial and cooperative relations in today`s globalised world.
London, Nov 07: Observing that he cannot predict whether or how soon the peace process with Pakistan can go forward, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said it is "imperative" for the two countries to have cordial and cooperative relations in today's globalised world.
"The peace process which I have recently initiated is based on the conviction that it is imperative for India and Pakistan to establish relations of cordiality and cooperation in today's globalized world," Vajpayee said in an interview to the 'Financial Times'.
"Mistrust and hostility which have existed for over five decades cannot be dispelled overnight. We should not expect miracles," he said.
The Prime Minister said India's effort was to promote people-to-people links, cultural exchanges and economic co-operation to build confidence and trust between people of the two countries.
The recent 12 proposals made by India were an expression of this effort, he said. New Delhi had proposed starting a bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, resumption of air and rail links, a ferry service between Mumbai and Karachi and restoring staff strengths in respective missions to the level that existed before the December 13 terror attack on Parliament.
"We have to constituently widen the constituency for peace to shrink the areas of hostility," he stressed.
Bureau Report
"The peace process which I have recently initiated is based on the conviction that it is imperative for India and Pakistan to establish relations of cordiality and cooperation in today's globalized world," Vajpayee said in an interview to the 'Financial Times'.
"Mistrust and hostility which have existed for over five decades cannot be dispelled overnight. We should not expect miracles," he said.
The Prime Minister said India's effort was to promote people-to-people links, cultural exchanges and economic co-operation to build confidence and trust between people of the two countries.
The recent 12 proposals made by India were an expression of this effort, he said. New Delhi had proposed starting a bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, resumption of air and rail links, a ferry service between Mumbai and Karachi and restoring staff strengths in respective missions to the level that existed before the December 13 terror attack on Parliament.
"We have to constituently widen the constituency for peace to shrink the areas of hostility," he stressed.
Bureau Report