Curbing terrorism will top the agenda in India's peace talks with Pakistan that were put on hold after July's deadly attacks on commuter trains in Mumbai, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.
Top diplomats of Pakistan and India are due to meet in New Delhi on Tuesday for the first time since the dialogue was suspended after the train bombings in Mumbai. "Terrorism is an important issue because earlier talks were suspended because of the public outrage after Mumbai blasts," Mukherjee told reporters in the Indian capital on late Friday.
"I would like that they should stick to (previous) assurances (to check militants) which they have given," Mukherjee said. India and Pakistan agreed to set up an anti-terrorism co-operation mechanism when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of a summit in Cuba in September.
Mukherjee said the two sides would discuss the setting up of the mechanism during the dialogue between Indian foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon and his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammad Khan.
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