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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
ISLAMABAD, OCT 3: Pakistan today hinted that the stalled Indo-Pak dialogue process could resume soon, claiming that international pressure was increasing on New Delhi to ``deal resolutely'' with Kashmir issue.
Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz, who returned here last evening from the UN General Assembly session in New York, told reporters here today that the talks were expected to resume after the expected meetings between the premiers of the two countries during the Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting in Durban in mid-November.
``I think as soon as possible,'' Aziz said when asked when he expected the bilateral talks to resume. By then, the newly-elected Government in India would have about a month to settle down, he added.
There was also the likelihood of another meeting between the two Prime Ministers during the SAARC summit beginning from November 26 in Kathmandu, Aziz said.
Aziz claimed that during his meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with the envoys from different countries,he mainly focussed on the Kashmir issue and the security situation in South Asia.
``On Kashmir, I found a deep concern among many colleagues and a desire for early progress towards the resolution of this issue which would help in normalization of the situation in the region,'' Aziz said.
Aziz claimed that the demand by 60 US Congressmen urging President Bill Clinton to appoint a special envoy for Kashmir signified ``increasing international pressure on India to deal resolutely with the Kashmir issue''.
Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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