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Pakistan wants bilateral talks in Almaty

Pakistan hoped on Tuesday that an Indo-Pak summit at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin would take place early next month in Kazakhstan's capital Almaty.

"We are going there with a hope that first of all India will hold direct dialogue with us. But, if India does not want direct dialogue with Pakistan then possibly it may involve third party," Information Minister Nisar Memon told BBC Radio.

Putin had expressed the desire to hold talks with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the Council of Cooperation on Confidence Measures in Asia summit.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Safonov visited Islamabad on Monday to discuss Putin's offer.

Memon said Pakistan was implementing all commitments and announcements made by Musharraf in his January 12 speech.

"But if still India says that cross-border terrorism is going on then we have also offered to appoint international observers."

To a question he claimed there was more international pressure on India than Pakistan. "There is a diplomatic pressure on India to come to the negotiating table, stop shelling on the Line of Control, borders and start dialogue with Pakistan."

PTI

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