Shah Mehmood Qureshi is ready to meet his Indian counterpart

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said he is ready to meet his Indian counterpart as part of efforts to improve relations between the nuclear-armed rivals. Qureshi as telling reporters in Islamabad late Wednesday that he was ready to engage with his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna. "I am making preparations to meet the Indian external affairs minister and a meeting might take place on the margins of UN General Assembly session in New York" later this month, the foreign minister said. "Pakistan wants the dialogue process to move forward as the region requires stability and peace," Qureshi said. "It is important to resolve disputes for the sake of regional peace, stability and security," he added. New Delhi says it will resume talks to normalise ties only after Islamabad brings to justice the alleged perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks.

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