No instant solution to problems with Pakistan: Krishna

No instant solution to problems with Pakistan: Krishna
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Summary India on Monday said it did not expect big solutions to problems with Pakistan.

Ahead of the foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan, India on Monday said it did not expect big solutions to six-decade-old problems at a time when that country is going through many upheavals and needed space to settle down.He underlined the need to keep up the dialogue process with Pakistan which was going through many upheavals.Asked whether India would take up the issue of ceasefire violations along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, Krishna said the two countries need to make sincere efforts to live as good neighbours.Krishna was apparently referring to the situation in Pakistan where the Supreme Court had disqualified the then Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as member of the National Assembly citing his conviction in a contempt of court case.Krishna also congratulated the Delhi Police for arresting a key suspect allegedly involved in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack but refrained from saying whether the issue would be taken up with Pakistan.Sayed Zabiuddin alias Abu Hamza, the Hindi tutor of 10 terrorists who carried out the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai, was arrested from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) last week.Asked whether India would raise the issue of Zabiuddins arrest with Pakistan, Krishna said: Let the Delhi Police first go through investigations and then they will send a report to the government and then we will see what appropriate follow up action can be taken.On Bangladesh High Commissioner Ahmed Tariq Karims remark that Pakistan Armys selfish corporate interest may spark off a nuclear conflict with India, Krishna merely said, Nuclear confrontation is unthinkable.
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