Geo Pakistan

Indo-Pak foreign ministers to meet today

NEW DELHI: Pakistan and India's foreign ministers were all set Wednesday to hold their first talks in a year, looking to breathe fresh life into a peace process still stifled by the trauma of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Observers expect little to emerge from Wednesday's meeting beyond some modest confidence-building measures connected to relatively uncontentious issues such as cross-border trade and people-to-people contacts. For the moment, however, the two sides seem more focused on simply keeping the dialogue alive and steadying a volatile relationship between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Arriving Wednesday in New Delhi, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar stressed the need for both countries to learn from, but not be burdened by, "the lessons of history." They should move forward as "friendly neighbours, who have a stake in each other's future and who understand the responsibility that both the countries have to the region," she said. The talks with her Indian counterpart, S.M. Krishna mark a high-profile debut for Khar, who was only appointed last week as Pakistan's first woman foreign minister.