Talking about expediting the Mumbai attack trial in Pakistan, he said that there is a judicial process which is taking place.
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“Hurriyat represents aspirations of people of Kashmir”.
“We expect that there will be positive response”, Basit added.
“India and Pakistan are prepared for talks. Trust will automatically be built up if the issue is solved”, Basit said while adding that the two countries must now ensure that there are no hurdles in the dialogue. “It was time both the neighbours behave as mature nations”.
Former ambassador to India Aziz Ahmad Khan has said that Heart Asia conference has been a great success as it paved the way for resumption of comprehensive Pak-India talks. “Kashmir is an internationally recognized dispute and India’s offer for talks is to project Kashmir as a bilateral dispute and resist the diplomatic pressure at the behest of other nations”. “We should not be hostage to them”, said Basit.
The Pakistan High Commissioner further said that just like India, Pakistan is too trying to tackle the terrorism menace.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will make a statement in parliament on Monday about her recent visit to Pakistan, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. He did not give a specific reply when asked whether Pakistan will share with India voice samples of mastermind of the attack Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.
Kulkarni said that Sushma’s Pakistan visit certainly demonstrates that the two countries were happily veering towards a common understanding on the issue of terrorism. “I will not go into details”.
To a question he said all the concerned issues would be discussed during the talks which would probably begin next month.
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Asked why Pakistan was not handing over to India underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Basit said he was not in Pakistan.
