Tuesday, August 01, 2006

India, Pakistan in peace pledge

Top Indian and Pakistani officials have met for the first time since the Mumbai (Bombay) train bombings last month and pledged to pursue peace talks.
Foreign secretaries of the two countries met on the sidelines of a regional conference in Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, late on Monday.

Peace talks appeared to have been stalled after the blasts with India calling off a meeting of officials.

India has accused militants based in Pakistan for helping in the attacks.

Pakistan has rejected the suggestion that militants based in the country were responsible for the bombings in which over 180 people died.

In their first meeting since then the foreign secretaries said that the peace process was important for both the countries. Read full story via bbc news

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