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No immediate chances of meeting between Jamali and Vajpayee
Islamabad, June 14: Pakistan premier Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has ruled out chances of an immediate summit meeting between him and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said that talks at the high level would take place after meeting of foreign secretaries of both the countries.
Islamabad, June 14: Pakistan premier Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has ruled out chances of an immediate summit meeting between him and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
and said that talks at the high level would take place after meeting of foreign secretaries of both the countries.
"No immediate meeting with Prime Minister Vajpayee is on
my current agenda," Jamali said yesterday while talking to
reporters at village Kot Bullo, Sukkur in Sindh.
Stating that efforts were underway to pave way for holding talks between the two countries, he said, "let the meetings between the foreign secretaries of the two countries take place, after which stage would be set for high level talks between the two countries", media reports said here today.
Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan were scheduled to attend the foreign secretaries meeting of the Saarc countries in Kathamandu.
There was no indication yet whether there was any likelihood of Indian and foreign secretaries having a one to one meeting to discuss steps to kick start the talks process.
Responding to a question about Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani's statement in the US terming Pakistan as an "epicentre" of terrorism, Jamali said that he did not want to comment on it.
This matter pertained to Vajpayee and it was up to premier Vajpayee to decide whether the statements of his deputy were encouraging the peace process or otherwise, he said.
Stating that efforts were underway to pave way for holding talks between the two countries, he said, "let the meetings between the foreign secretaries of the two countries take place, after which stage would be set for high level talks between the two countries", media reports said here today.
Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan were scheduled to attend the foreign secretaries meeting of the Saarc countries in Kathamandu.
There was no indication yet whether there was any likelihood of Indian and foreign secretaries having a one to one meeting to discuss steps to kick start the talks process.
Responding to a question about Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani's statement in the US terming Pakistan as an "epicentre" of terrorism, Jamali said that he did not want to comment on it.
This matter pertained to Vajpayee and it was up to premier Vajpayee to decide whether the statements of his deputy were encouraging the peace process or otherwise, he said.
Bureau Report