All hopes for a positive outcome during talks between Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi were dashed when the latter, during a news briefing, revealed that India officials were not 'mentally prepared, for the talks a result the talks ended without any success.
Pakistani editors and analysts believe that India's stickiness to the sole issue of Mumbai attacks led to the failure of the talks.
Imtiaz Alam, editor of South Asian Journal, said: "I think these talks, from an Indian point of view, were focused on (American terror suspect David Coleman) Headley's revelations. India wanted Pakistan to take effective measures against those who were behind the terror strike in Mumbai. On the other hand, the Pakistani establishment was unresponsive to the Indian demands. On this one point, these negotiations failed."
When contacted, Rashid Rehman, editor of Daily Times said: "One should not expect more from these talks. When the Indian foreign minister was coming to Pakistan there were some hopes about a big breakthrough, but all hopes dashed when the Pakistani foreign minister revealed that India was not serious in talks."
Rashid added, "It is not necessary that talks could resolve differences on all issues, but it could reduce the tensions. One should start from the smaller issuesÂ… the major issues would be resolved automatically. The way Indians are stick to the issue of Mumbai terror attack, the deadlock will persist."
Newsline Editor Zahid Hussain, while talking to rediff.com said: "Nothing special has come from the talks; there was no breakthrough, just a deadlock. It was expected
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