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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the joint mechanism with Pakistan on tackling terrorism must be given a try and hoped it will succeed.
This was conveyed by him to top Left leaders whom he met over lunch to brief them on his visit to Brazil and Cuba recently.
Left sources said the Prime Minister told them that the joint mechanism with Pakistan has been generally welcomed except by BJP.
He noted that in both the countries there has been criticism from the fringe that there has been a "sell out of the country" by their governments.
"We will see how it works. Everything must be tried. I hope it will succeed," the sources quoted him as having told them.
The Left parties, which had welcomed the Havana iniative between the Prime Minister and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, had urged Singh before the visit that the dialogue process with Pakistan must be resumed.
The Prime Minister briefed the Left leaders on the bilateral discussions held with Brazilian President Lula Da Salva and the agreements reached with that country in various sectors.
They were also told about the summit of India-Brazil-South Africa for economic cooperation between the three big countries of three continents and the huge gains the grouping can bring about to the countries.
Singh, expressed happiness over the successful conclusion of the Non Aligned Summit (NAM) in Havana in which he said there were no differences and opposition.
He was also happy over the meeting with Cuban leader Fidel Castro, whom he found energetic despite being weak.
Castro spoke warmly of his friendship with Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi and enquired about food and energy security in India.
CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat and his colleague Sitaram Yechury and CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan and his colleague D Raja attended the lunch.
National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and Minister of State in the PMO Prithviraj Chavan and Principal Secretary T K A Nair also attended the lunch.
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