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Indo-Pak peace talks collapse

Updated on: 16 July,2010 03:43 PM IST  | 
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Pakistan accuses India of selective focus on terror

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Pakistan accuses India of selective focus on terror

A day after talks with India ended in a deadlock, Pakistan on Friday accused India of having a "selective" approach by focusing mostly on terrorism and said it would be "difficult to move forward" with this attitude.


"India's approach was selective. When they say all issues are on table, they should not be selective," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told reporters here, a day after he held talks with his Indian counterpart S M Krishna.



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"If we focus on just one issue (terrorism), it will be difficult for Pakistan to move forward," Qureshi said, while accusing India of being obsessed with terrorism and excluding other bilateral issues.

Qureshi criticised India for being inflexible.

"We are ready to negotiate. We are not in a hurry. When they are ready, we are ready to discuss all issues and show flexibility," Qureshi said.

He added that Jammu and Kashmir was part of the negotiations with India and reiterated charges of human rights violations and the imposition of curfew in parts of the state -- an issue that created much acrimony at the joint press conference he held with Krishna Thursday night.

Qureshi said Pakistan was a victim of terror and its cities were repeatedly attacked by terrorists.

Qureshi and Krishna held wide-ranging talks Thursday, but the discussions ended in bitterness over Pakistan raking up human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir and India's insistence that Pakistan give a timeframe for completing trial of the 26/11 terrorists.

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