Nuclear Confidence Building Measures
Pak team in Delhi for 'result-oriented' talks
PTI, New Delhi
A high-level Pakistani delegation arrived in New Delhi yesterday for crucial expert level parleys with their Indian interlocutors on Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), saying they are carrying "positive suggestions" and looking forward to "result-oriented talks"."We are coming with a positive spirit and positive suggestions. We are here for result-oriented talks," Tariq Usman Haider, leader of the six-member Pakistani delegation told reporters at Delhi airport. He said "delegations of both India and Pakistan have a responsibility for the people of the two countries". Asked what were Pakistan's expectations from the two-day meeting starting on Saturday he said, "We don't negotiate through the media". The two sides will discuss a range of issues covering nuclear risk reduction and strategic stability at the meeting. Haider, Additional Secretary in the Pakistan Foreign Office, will be assisted by former Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner in New Delhi and at present Director General of South Asia, Jalil Abbas Jilani and top nuclear and defence officials. The delegation also includes Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan. The Indian side will be headed by Sheel Kant Sharma, Additional Secretary in the External Affairs Ministry. The two sides are expected to pick up threads from the February, 1999 Memorandum of Understanding dealing with nuclear CBMs signed in Lahore during the visit of then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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