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| Stage is set for Foreign Secretaries' meet | | J&K to be key issue at upcoming talks: Pakistan | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, NOV. 12
India and Pakistan are quite likely to ink and 'vital' agreement in the area of peace and security during the Foreign Secretary-level talks in New Delhi this week.
Indications from official circles are by no means uncertain that the accord between the two countries will be on reducing risk of nuclear accidents. A draft agreement on reducing risk of nuclear accidents or unauthorised use of nuclear weapons has been under discussion betwen the two countries since August 2005.
New Delhi wants to go step by step as part of its strategy to build bridges with Islamabad. However, for Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir will be, according to Islamabad's officialdom, the key issue at the Foreign Secretary-level talks. In fact, an unidentified senior officer of the Pakistan Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying: "We are very clear that Kashmir will remain the central issue during the talks and the effort will be to build on the convergences".
At the last round of expert-level talks on nuclear CBMs(confidence building measures) in Islamabad in April this y... | |
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| Centre takes tough stand on J&K project | | World Bank arbitrator delays verdict on Baglihar dispute | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, NOV. 12
The World Bank's much-awaited verdict on Jammu region's Baglihar hydroelectric project dispute has been delayed. The World Bank arbitrator, Raymond Latiffe, is expected to announce his verdict on the dispute between India and Pakistan in mid-February 2007.
Raymond Latiffe, who was expected to make available the verdict next month, has held back his decision. According to knowledgeable sources, the World Bank arbitrator has been set thinking anew with the 'tough' stand taken by India against Pakistan's 'motivated machinations' aimed at blocking the implementation of the people-friendly power generating project at Baglihar.
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