Bhutan Saarc meeting: Pakistan and India foreign secretaries hold talks today

Making a fresh attempt to restart the bilateral dialogue process, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and Indian counterpart Ms Nirupama Rao will hold talks on Sunday in Bhutan's capital Thimphu on bilateral relations and discuss some confidence building initiatives that could be taken.
Bashir and Ms Rao are here for eight-nation South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation Saarc meeting of Foreign Secretaries and Council of Ministers. This will be first meeting between the Foreign Secretaries after failed talks between the Foreign Ministers in July, 2010 in Islamabad.
India says it was ready to have discussions on all outstanding issues with Pakistan but through a step-by-step approach. On her meeting with Bashir, Ms Rao said India will see how it can pick up the thread once again. "We are going to meet after a certain interregnum, a few months after the last meeting. So, we will see how we can pick up the thread once again. I am sure we will exchange ideas. Let's hope we would be able to pick up convergence of views.
Every such meeting is an attempt to build greater comprehension of each other's position and deeper understanding," she stated. India feels that before two countries agree on resuming the full-fledged dialogue, both sides should take steps in the fields which affect people directly. In this context, India wants to discuss issues related to visa, fishermen, trade and commerce.