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India proposes measures for economic cooperation with Pakistan NEW DELHI, Friday (PTI) India has proposed to Pakistan a slew of measures for economic and commercial cooperation, including opening up of the Wagah-Attari border for trade. During the two-day discussions on economic and commercial cooperation, one of the eight subjects in the composite dialogue process, the Indian side proposed that both countries should grant transit facilities for each other's goods, sources said. The Indian delegation to the talks in Islamabad was led by Commerce Secretary Dipak Chatterjee while the Pakistani side was headed by his counterpart Tasneem Noorani. A brief joint press statement issued at the end of the talks today said "wide-ranging proposals were made on various aspects of economic and commercial cooperation. These would be considered further". Meanwhile Pakistan has linked granting of the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India to a "sustainable political dialogue" even as the two countries agreed to look into various proposals to enhance their economic and commercial cooperation. The MFN issue also figure prominently during the talks but Pakistan, while expressing willingness to improve bilateral trade ties, declined to grant the MFN status to India until both sides made progress in dialogue to resolve political issues. "Pakistan is ready to consider MFN status for India along with other issues if sustainable political dialogue process starts to resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries," Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar told Chatterjee when he called on him last night, the state-run APP news agency reported. Earlier Pakistan and India exchanged lists of people wanted by each country for acts of terrorism and other crimes, ending a two-day bilateral meeting, officials said. The talks between senior interior ministry officials of the two countries focussed on ways to counter terrorism and drug trafficking in the region. Pakistan's interior secretary Tariq Mahmud and Indian home secretary Dhirendra Singh led the delegations. |
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