Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will hold talks on June 24, the first meeting after the Prime Ministers of the two countries decided in Thimphu to bridge the “trust deficit” a month ago. The talks will also set the tone and agenda for the forthcoming meeting between External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on July 15 in Islamabad.
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will visit Pakistan to hold talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir in Islamabad next week, an external affairs ministry release said here today.
During her stay, the foreign secretary will also call on Qureshi.
A brief statement issued by the foreign office in Islamabad said Rao would visit the Pakistan capital on the invitation of Bashir for bilateral talks, slated for June 24.
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