NEW DELHI: India is talking to Pakistan to persuade Islamabad to resume export of onions, India's foreign minister said on Friday, a shortage of which has come to symbolise high food prices in Asia's third-largest economy.
"We have initiated talks and before not too long we are hopeful we will find a solution to this easing pressure within our country for onions." S. M. Krishna told a press conference in New Delhi.
The Pakistani ban on onion exports came after India stopped exports of cotton, hitting Pakistan.
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