Let’s take clear stand on terrorist threat: India to Pakistan

Mukherjee said, “We hope that in its future meetings, as well as through the Home Secretary-level dialogue on terrorism, concrete results, including exchange of information on terrorists and terrorist incidents, will emerge.”

Qureishi, when asked whether commuting of Sarabjit Singh’s death penalty is under consideration, he replied in affirmative: “Yes, it is under consideration.”

Both sides agreed to hold a meeting of the technical working group on cross-LoC confidence-building measures in Islamabad on July 10 to take decisions on bus, trade and truck services. The cross-LoC proposals include operationalisation of truck service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, increasing frequency of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Poonch-Rawalakot passenger bus services and launch of Kargil-Skardu bus service.

Both deputy chairman of the Indian and Pakistan Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Salman Farooqui, had felt that an institutional mechanism for regular dialogue and exchange of views between them would be useful. The foreign ministers agreed that the modalities and framework can be evolved through mutual consultations.