Saarc talks: India keeps all guessing

The Foreign Secretary said requests have been received from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal for bilateral meetings. The Ministry of External Affairs is 8216;8216;working8217;8217; on finalising these requests. He did not rule out that both India and Pakistan can still make a request for talks.

He admitted 8216;8216;there was tremendous anticipation that the summit will produce results8217;8217;, and said a social charter, as well as a free trade agreement, will be inked at the end of the summit.

Shashank said he didn8217;t see signs of 8216;8216;revival of a composite dialogue8217;8217; between India and Pakistan at Saarc. 8216;8216;Cross-border infiltration has not stopped, it has only slowed down in the winter months,8217;8217; he said, adding that Pakistan has to dismantle terror camps for talks to begin.