Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said on Sunday that nothing dramatic was expected from Pak-India Secretary - level talks and India wanted to assess Pakistan's position on issues. In an interview with Karan Thapar in Devil's Advocate programme on CNN-IBN news channel, Krishna said he was not disappointed from the outcome of the talks.
"Certainly not. I was not disappointed because I did not expect much from that meeting. And it was only an icebreaker. It was a situation where we were trying to size up what Pakistan's present thinking is. There I think we succeeded in assessing what Pakistan's thinking is," Krishna said while responding to a question. When asked whether India had informed its close allies in the West-Britain and America that it had "evidence" of alleged "Pakistani state involvement" and what their response, he said India had conveyed to them in its own way. "I think is something between ourselves. I do not think it could be aired in public domain," he said.
When asked about the elements who attacked Indian nationals in Kabul, he said "we have absolutely no evidence otherwise. I think it has been the handiwork of those forces who are out to see that the relationship between India and Afghanistan is jeopardised."
He further said it was conveyed to India by Afghan government that the attacks were carried out by forces from outside of Afghanistan. When asked many analysts believe that Af-Pak has put at risk the dynamics of India's relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan to India's disadvantage, Krishna said he had not got such impression during interactions with the US. "I am sure that America is appreciative of the role that India is playing in Afghanistan", he said.
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