New Delhi, April 30: A day after India and Pakistan decided to resume their peace process at the level of foreign ministers without making much fuss about composite dialogue, the spotlight on Friday shifted to the contours and content of the talks between the two neighbours in the future. At the end of Thursday’s talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Thimphu, India studiously avoided any mention of ‘composite dialogue’, saying both sides should move beyond nomenclature to introspect on the trust deficit entrenched in their relationship and chart the way forward.
The two leaders mandated their foreign ministers and foreign secretaries to work out the modalities of restoring trust, paving the way for substantive dialogue covering all issues between them. “The days of the composite dialogue are over. Its relevance is over,” Lalit Mansingh, former foreign secretary, told IANS when asked to comment on the future form of dialogue in the aftermath of the thaw in Thimphu.
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