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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Hina meets Manmohan as Pak, India agree more CBMs on Kashmir

New Delhi: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Wednesday has met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on eve of composite dialogue between two countries.

The first women and youngest foreign minister conveyed Indian Prime Minister the message of goodwill from Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and invited him to visit Pakistan.
The duo discussed bilateral matters of mutual interest.
According to sources Manmohan Singh accepted the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart to visit Pakistan.
Earlier India and Pakistan on Wednesday announced additional Confidence Building Measures related to Kashmir, including increasing cross-LoC trading days and expanding travel to include tourism and religious aspects. After the "satisfactory" talks between external affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar, the two sides also decided to relax permit conditions for travel by people of Jammu and Kashmir to the other side of LoC by having a system of six-month multiple entry. Online