Navtej Sarna
Navtej Sarna
Navtej Sarnais an Indian author-columnist, diplomat, and former Indian Ambassador to Israel. He is currently the Indian High Commissioner to the UK...
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An Indian Coast Guard ship was able to rescue one other Indian fishing boat along with its crew and bring back another boat which had been set on fire. The government has demanded the immediate release of the fishermen and their boats.
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The security concerns, specially in view of the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan was also discussed.
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The statement also commits the US, in the meantime, to encourage its partners to consider India's request for such fuel supplies expeditiously.
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On Jammu and Kashmir, the two sides agreed to continue to address the issue in a sincere and purposeful manner,
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Only then would such elections be able to contribute to the restoration of democracy and political stability.
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Since the imposition of sanctions in September 2004, the government maintained that this had no justification. Accordingly, we had urged the U.S. government to review the issue and withdraw the sanctions.
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The prime minister of India wants to emphasize that people-to-people links between both countries must be restored as soon as possible and that these decisions are part of that.
counter point
A counter reaction? No. I think I made the point that I had to.
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They reaffirmed their commitment to the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline and an early ratification of the LNG deal already signed between the two countries.
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There is very good understanding and interaction at the political level, trade and investment is expanding rapidly; the institutional framework of the relationship as well people-to-people contacts have been strengthened further.
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It was a very friendly, positive and forward-looking meeting.
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It is quite clear that several specific steps would need to be taken by Pakistan to move this process meaningfully forward. We, on our part, remain fully committed to improving relations between the two countries.
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Cyprus conveyed its support to India's efforts for the promotion of full civilian nuclear energy cooperation.
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The news report is mischievous and false. The External Affairs Minister was fully involved in the decision-making process.