Business Recorder - News https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Sun, 16 Aug 2026 19:44:55 +0500 Sun, 16 Aug 2026 19:44:55 +0500 60 India says talking to Pakistan over onion imports https://www.brecorder.com/news/958/india-says-talking-to-pakistan-over-onion-imports <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; float: left;" alt="onion_400" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2010/dec/onion_400.jpg" width="400" height="601" />NEW DELHI: India is talking to Pakistan to persuade Islamabad to resume export of onions, India's foreign minister said on Friday, a shortage of which has come to symbolise high food prices in Asia's third-largest economy.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">"We have initiated talks and before not too long we are hopeful we will find a solution to this easing pressure within our country for onions." S. M. Krishna told a press conference in New Delhi.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">The Pakistani ban on onion exports came after India stopped exports of cotton, hitting Pakistan.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><Center /><b><i>Copyright Reuters, 2011</b></i><br /></center></p> onion_400NEW DELHI: India is talking to Pakistan to persuade Islamabad to resume export of onions, India's foreign minister said on Friday, a shortage of which has come to symbolise high food prices in Asia's third-largest economy.

"We have initiated talks and before not too long we are hopeful we will find a solution to this easing pressure within our country for onions." S. M. Krishna told a press conference in New Delhi.

The Pakistani ban on onion exports came after India stopped exports of cotton, hitting Pakistan.

Copyright Reuters, 2011

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