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South Asian Rivals Plan Nuclear Talks Next Week
India and Pakistan are scheduled to hold talks next week on nuclear confidence-building measures as part of a peace dialogue the two nuclear-armed rivals laid out in February, according to The Hindu (see GSN, April 30). A high-level Pakistani delegation is scheduled to leave May 24 for talks in New Delhi, which are to be held May 26-27, said Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan. The talks are set to involve discussions on strategic stability, crisis management, nuclear risk reduction and nuclear asset stewardship, he said. As part of the peace dialogue, the Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries are scheduled to meet by the end of June for talks on several security-related issues, including confidence-building measures and the disputed region of Kashmir, the Hindu reported (B. Muralidhar Reddy, The Hindu, May 18). Khan yesterday praised a statement issued by Indian Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi that her party, which recently won national elections in India, would continue with the peace dialogue, which was established by outgoing Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. “I think it was [a] very positive statement. She said her party would continue to engage Pakistan and it would continue to support the peace process. Other Congress leaders have also give very positive and constructive statements. We welcome them,” Khan said (Agence France-Presse, May 17).
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