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Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said there was no option for Pakistan and India but to enter into dialogue over bilateral outstanding issues. Ambassador Jose Eugenio Salarich, Director General for Asia and Pacific in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by Spains Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Rafa el Mendivil on Thursday called on Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi and discussed issues of mutual interest. On Pakistans relations with India, the Foreign Minister emphasized that the two countries needed to address their issues through dialogue. The Foreign Minister raised the issue of ten Pakistan nationals taken into custody on terrorism related charges from Barcelona in January this year. Salarich informed that the trials were scheduled to be held by the end of the year.
