印巴外長週三在新德里會晤

The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan called for a new "cooperative' relationship between their two countries Wednesday, as they held their first meeting since peace talks resumed earlier this owing their talks in the Indian capital, New Delhi, Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna said relations were "on the right track." The two officials agreed during the meeting to work together to combat terrorism and increase re the meeting, Krishna had told reporters that cooperation with Pakistan is in the interest of peace, not only for the two nations, but for "the entire region and beyond."

Pakistan's newly-appointed foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said ties between the nuclear-armed neighbors should not be "held hostage by the past." Wednesday's talks also were expected to focus on the disputed region of Tuesday, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistani counterpart, Salman Bashir, met in New Delhi to lay the groundwork for Wednesday's higher-level talks. The two foreign secretaries discussed confidence-building measures including cross-border trade and travel through e talks between the South Asian neighbors resumed in February, nearly two years after 166 people were killed in an attack by Pakistani militants in India's financial capital, Mumbai.印度和巴基斯坦外長星期三呼籲兩國之間建立新的“合作”關係。兩個國家在今年早些時候恢復和談後舉行首次會晤。在印度首都新德里會晤後，印度外長克利希納說，印巴關係“走上正軌”。兩位官員在會議期間一致同意共同努力打擊恐怖主義和增加貿易。克利希納在會談之前告訴記者，與巴基斯坦的合作有利於印巴以及 “整個地區和更廣泛”的和平。

巴基斯坦新任外長哈爾說，兩個核武鄰國之間的關係不應該“受制於過去”。週三的會談預計還將聚焦有爭議的克什米爾問題。星期二，印度外交祕書尼魯帕瑪·拉奧與巴基斯坦外交祕書巴希爾在新德里會面，爲星期三的更高層的會談做準備。這兩位外交祕書討論了兩國建立互信的措施，其中包括跨境貿易以及旅行通過克什米爾地區等事宜。這兩個南亞鄰國今年2月恢復和談。將近兩年前，巴基斯坦激進分子對印度金融中心孟買發動襲擊，造成166人死亡。