Dialogue process on right track: Natwar

17 Jan, 2005

Emphasising that Indo-Pak composite dialogue process is on the "right track", Indian External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh on Sunday said that this did not mean that a major breakthrough was achieved on Kashmir dispute. Dialogue process is on the right track, however "this does not mean we are not confronted with problems and that all issues have been resolved or a major breakthrough has been achieved on the Kashmir issue", the Indian minister told BBC Hindi service in an interview.
Acknowledging that progress in some Indo-Pak confidence building measures has been "slow", Natwar Singh said he would take up the issue of their pace when he meets Pakistani leadership in Islamabad next month.
The Indian minister said, "we have suggested a set of 72 CBMs to them. Concrete progress is being made in some of them and in some other issues the progress has been slow.
"When I visit Pakistan next month. I will be discussing these issues with Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri and may be with President Pervez Musharraf also", said Natwar Singh.

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