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	Remarks With Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh
		FOREIGN MINISTER SINGH: Yes, as you know the discussions are going on between the Petroleum Minister of the Government of India, Shri Mansagar Rai, and his counterparts in Iran and in Pakistan.
		FOREIGN MINISTER SINGH: It is known, India and the United States have an ongoing dialogue on defense, on various aspects of it, on defense supplies, on defense equipment, and every issue was brought up, including F-16, and as the Secretary has said, no announcement is going to be made.
		FOREIGN MINISTER SINGH: I just, I might add that to the previous question about the defense issue that we did express certain concerns about certain matters on the defense issue as to how it might pave some complications I think there are no serious differences of opinion.
	www.state.gov /secretary/rm/2005/43490.htm (2825 words)

	Indian Foreign Minister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The External Affairs Minister or the Indian Foreign Minister is a position of office at cabinet level within the Government of India.
		The chief responsibility of the External Affairs Minister is to represent India and its government in the international community.
		The head of this department is the Foreign Secretary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indian_Foreign_Minister (291 words)

	News: Nepal, Indian foreign minister meets Nepal's king, pushes for return to democracy
		The encounter was a prelude to a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Gyanendra expected during the summit.
		The king also said he was "greatly looking forward" to meeting prime minister Singh who was due in Jakarta to attend the summit of nearly 50 heads of state, the foreign ministry said.
		India's foreign minister welcomed the release of some political leaders and the announcement of municipal elections, the ministry statement said.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVIU-6BPEPV?OpenDocument (456 words)

	Bangladesh: Visit of Indian Foreign Minister Gives Fresh Impetus to Bilateral Relations — Bangladesh Monitor — Paper ...
		Bangladesh, the current chair of the SAARC, is the last country Indian external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee visited as part of his mission to invite all SAARC heads of state or government for the regional summit.
		Indian rebel groups, especially the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), is said to be on the defensive as the caretaker government in Bangladesh is adopting a tough stance with regard to terrorism and rebel outfits.
		Foreign Affairs Advisor Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury reiterated the position of Bangladesh that it will not allow any terrorist or insurgent groups to use its territory while conveying condolences to the Indian government over the bomb blasts in Samjhauta Express that killed at least 67 people.
	www.saag.org /papers22/paper2151.html (1732 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Indian Foreign Minister, Natwar Singh is likely to visit Islamabad after the SAARC summit in Dhaka early next month.
		Indian Foreign Minister, who is likely to arrive in Pakistani capital in the last week of February in his talks with Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri, will discuss various aspects of the ongoing Pakistan India peace process.
		Both the foreign ministers could give impetus to the ‘sluggish’ peace process as the diplomatic circles believe such interventions from top political levels could save the dialogue process from failure.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Jan05/07/11.htm (227 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Indian foreign minister removed
		Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh has been stripped of his post after allegations that he benefited from the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq.
		Natwar Singh's removal from the post of foreign minister while his alleged misdealing is investigated came at his own request, according to a government statement.
		Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is taking over the foreign minister's portfolio ahead of a regional summit in Bangladesh this weekend, his spokesman said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/4414504.stm (518 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Indian foreign minister to visit Pakistan in Jan
		NEW DELHI – India's foreign minister will visit Pakistan on Jan. 13 in a bid to invigorate their peace process and to invite Pakistani leaders for a South Asian regional summit next year, officials said on Monday.
		The meeting between the foreign ministers of the nuclear-armed rivals, the first in more than a year, came two weeks after their foreign secretaries resumed peace talks and set up a joint panel to fight terrorism and curb tensions.
		Kasuri, who was in the Indian capital to attend the wedding of the daughter of another Indian minister, said he had built trust with Mukherjee's predecessors and hoped to do the same with the new minister.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20061127-0321-india-pakistan-talks.html (577 words)

	Pakistan, India agree to end media rhetoric: Natwar telephones Kasuri -DAWN - Top Stories; 04 June, 2004
		Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh telephoned his counterpart Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri and suggested they stay in close touch for the sake of recent peace moves between the South Asian neighbours.
		An Indian foreign ministry spokesman said Mr Singh had agreed to meet Mr Khan as a 'special gesture' and had 'a very friendly discussion with him lasting more than an hour'.
		Informed sources said Thursday's meeting between the Pakistani envoy and the Indian minister could be indicative of the way the two foreign ministers would approach each other when they meet for the first time during an Asian regional conclave in China later this month.
	www.dawn.com /2004/06/04/top7.htm (676 words)

	Indian foreign minister to fly to turbulent Sri Lanka \| IndianMuslims.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Indian foreign minister to fly to turbulent Sri Lanka
		Indian foreign minister to fly to turbulent Sri Lanka
		The Indian government is concerned over the vicious cycle of violence and counter-violence that has enveloped the island nation since December 2005 and is making it more and more difficult to reach a negotiated political settlement.
	www.indianmuslims.info /news/2007/january/07/india_news/indian_foreign_minister_to_fly_to_turbulent_sri_lanka.html (869 words)

	Indian Foreign Minister in Pakistan for Talks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Indian Foreign Minister in Pakistan for Talks By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 13 January 2007 Pakistan and India held talks to review progress in their slow-moving three-year-old peace dialogue Saturday.
		Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri told reporters, progress had been made toward resolving the longstanding dispute over the Siachen glacier, where thousands of Pakistani and Indian forces have squared off since 1984.
		The two foreign ministers confirmed on Saturday the launch of a new joint anti-terror group, aimed - at least in part - at easing tensions over those attacks.
	www.isria.info /FILES/2007/JANUARY/01162007__6.htm (372 words)

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		NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee was switched to the post of foreign minister on Tuesday, ending a vacancy of nearly a year at the key ministry ahead of some crucial diplomatic events.
		A.K. Antony, a former chief minister of the southern state of Kerala, was named to replace Mukherjee as defence minister, a statement from the president's office said.
		Prime Minister Singh was handling the duties of foreign minister in the interim, overseeing such crucial assignments as talks with Pakistan and negotiations over the U.S. nuclear deal.
	today.reuters.co.uk /news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L24876257&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-2 (329 words)

	The Raw Story \| Indian foreign minister ends Pakistan visit
		Islamabad- Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee left Pakistan Sunday after two days of talks with the political leadership and opposition politicians in Islamabad.
		The Indian minister held wide-ranging consultations with President Pervez Musharraf and the Pakistani leadership on the Kashmir dispute and other obstacles to the normalization of bilateral relations.
		Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri plans to visit New Delhi in February, when the sides plan to sign seven agreements easing interaction in various spheres, including the relaxation of visa policy.
	rawstory.com /news/2006/Indian_foreign_minister_ends_Pakist_01142007.html (214 words)

	Al Jazeera English - Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		India's foreign minister has been stripped of his post over allegations that he benefited from the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq.
		Foreign Minister Natwar Singh is the first political casualty of a UN independent inquiry committee report released two weeks ago that revealed global corruption in the humanitarian programme that was meant to help sanctions-hit Iraq in the aftermath of the first Gulf war in 1991.
		Singh left the prime minister's residence, where the meeting was held, without speaking to reporters.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/5F96A9B5-E260-4443-9F5E-5879F5631885.htm (444 words)

	India in ‘no hurry’ to give evidence on blasts -DAWN - Top Stories; November 12, 2006
		NEW DELHI, Nov 11: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that the upcoming foreign secretaries-level talks with Pakistan would explore the contours of a joint mechanism against terrorism rather than right away share evidence in the Mumbai blasts, according to his remarks quoted on Saturday.
		Indian news reports have claimed that New Delhi was unlikely to present the much-hyped evidence implicating Pakistan in the July 11 blasts at the foreign secretaries talks because the Mumbai police had not yet prepared the chargesheet.
		Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammed Khan will meet here on Nov 14-15 to discuss various issues including terrorism.
	www.dawn.com /2006/11/12/top11.htm (436 words)

	Interview by Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns with Jyoti Malhotra, Diplomatic Editor of Star ...
		I have come to speak to the Indian government about how we can make sure that we are doing everything we can to make the Prime Minister's visit successful and have other successful visits here in India in the future.
		The Indian Foreign Minister said at the reconstruction conference on Iraq in Brussels a few days ago that we're willing to have security cooperation with Iraq.
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: We're very impressed by the Foreign Minister's statement in Brussels the other day at the Iraq conference and he offered advice, of course, for India to help Iraq draft their constitution and the kind of training and technical assistance that the Indian government can give.
	newdelhi.usembassy.gov /ipr062505.html (2037 words)

	Top Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Indian Minister, who arrived yesterday in Dhaka on a three-day official visit to Bangladesh, was received at the airport by his Bangladesh counterpart M Morshed Khan.
		Responding to a question from an Indian journalist the Indian Foreign Secretary said that they had proposed to Bangladesh for signing an extradition treaty and hoped that it would be signed in the future.
		Although the Foreign Ministers of the two countries, M Morshed Khan and Natwar Singh, claimed that the talks were productive, differences of opinion surfaced when Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Hemayetuddin and Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran faced a volley of queries at the post-meeting press conference.
	www.independent-bangladesh.com /news/aug/07/07082005ts.htm (1576 words)

	Indian foreign minister, Lankan leaders discuss peace : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		India's visiting foreign minister discussed Sri Lanka's faltering peace process with the island nation's leaders on Tuesday, the government said.
		External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's one-day visit was primarily to invite Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to a regional summit that India will host in April, but also included talks on resolving the more than two-decade civil conflict in the country, just off the southern tip of India.
		India, however, distanced itself from the conflict after the 1991 assassination of its former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by a Tiger suicide bomber, apparently in revenge for New Delhi's decision to send a peacekeeping force to its tiny neighbour in 1987.
	hindustantimes.com /news/181_1895075,001302310000.htm (397 words)

	Business Recorder [Pakistan's First Financial Daily]
		Chidambaram, who was addressing state chief ministers to finalise a five-year economic plan for the country, urged states to follow fiscal discipline to enable growth with price stability.
		Wholesale price index based inflation was running at 5.30 percent in the 12 months to November 25, compared with 4.48 percent in the corresponding week of last year.
		Chidambaram also called for a revisiting of subsidies and their delivery mechanisms, and sought support of state chief ministers for passage of important financial legislation pending in parliament to further boost financial sector reforms.
	www.businessrecorder.com /index.php?id=506067&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term=&supDate=2006-12-10 (428 words)

	swissinfo - Indian foreign minister to visit Pakistan in Jan
		NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's foreign minister will visit Pakistan on January 13 in a bid to invigorate their peace process and to invite Pakistani leaders for a South Asia regional summit next year, officials said on Monday.
		Kasuri, who was in the Indian capital to attend the wedding of the daughter of another Indian minister, said the two sides need to build trust further.
		Around 75,000 foreigners living in canton Geneva have the chance to vote in a local election for the first time on Sunday.
	www.swissinfo.org /eng/international/ticker/detail/India_and_Pakistan_to_hold_talks.html?siteSect=143&sid=7295275&cKey=1164596859000 (1125 words)

	Indian foreign minister's balancing act in Colombo
		Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh arrived in Sri Lanka on June 11 for talks with the government and other political leaders about the ongoing war in the north and east of the country.
		The US and Europe have been urging the Indian government of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to intervene more vigorously in Sri Lanka to bring about a negotiated end to the war on the basis of maintaining the unitary Sri Lankan state.
		Only a week ago, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi, whose DMK party is an NDA partner, provoked deep concerns in both New Delhi and Colombo over his call for a division of Sri Lanka along the lines of the breakup of the former Czechoslovakia.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2000/jun2000/sri-j16.shtml (1016 words)

	Indian foreign minister in Pakistan for talks - South Asia
		Islamabad - Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad Saturday on a two-day visit hoped to bring modest progress on the Kashmir dispute that hampers relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
		While the sides were due to release a joint statement, they were not expected to sign four pending agreements on nuclear-risk reduction, relaxation of the visa regime, speedy repatriation of 'inadvertent border crossers,' and on quarterly meetings between commanders at the Line of Control in Kashmir.
		The Pakistani Foreign Ministry recently stressed again that the Kashmir issue is the lynchpin to a major improvement in relations.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /southasia/news/article_1242868.php/Indian_foreign_minister_in_Pakistan_for_talks (478 words)

	Kuenselonline
		The foreign minister said he was confident of the continuity of the relationship and of it moving from strength to strength even after Bhutan embraced parliamentary democracy in 2008.
		The foreign minister who was accompanied by the foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran and Joint Secretary (SAARC) Preeti Saran left the country on December 3.
		The prime minister and foreign minister, Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk, said that the visit was in keeping with the tradition of regular exchanges of visits between our two countries.
	www.kuenselonline.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7805 (809 words)

	Indian foreign minister meets Pakistani opposition leaders - South Asia
		The Indian minister arrived Saturday for wide-ranging talks with Musharraf and the Pakistani leadership on the Kashmir dispute and other obstacles to the normalization of bilateral relations.
		He described his talks as 'very positive' but said it was not possible to give a timeframe for resolving issues around Kashmir, which was the cause of two of the three wars between the countries since they gained independence from Britain in 1947.
		Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri will visit New Delhi in February, when the sides plan to sign seven agreements easing interaction in various spheres.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /southasia/news/article_1243156.php/Indian_foreign_minister_meets_Pakistani_opposition_leaders (301 words)

	Interview with Australian and Indian Foreign Minister
		Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, at the U.N. office of CNN, and India's Yashwant Sinha also at the United Nations.
		YASHWANT SINHA, INDIAN FOREIGN MIN.: Well, our view has been that there is no explicit mandate of the United Nations for a multinational force or a U.N. force.
		I think it's not so much large quantities of foreign troops that are needed but as quickly as possible the training of the Iraqis so they themselves can take over as much of the security as possible and the evolution of a new constitution and then elections under that constitution in Iraq.
	www.indianembassy.org /US_Media/2003/sep/eam_cnn_sep_26_2003.htm (1236 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines
		ISLAMABAD : Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers met on the sidelines of a regional conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, pledging to carry forward the dialogue process.
		Replying to a question about the proposed Kashmir bus service, the Indian Foreign Minister said the issue came under discussion and there would be further discussion on fifth and sixth of September in the foreign ministers’ meet.
		The Indian Foreign Minister said he and Mr Kasuri were agreed that the main focus in talks here should be on SAARC and bilateral matters be discussed in Delhi.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/July04/22/01.html (522 words)

	Nepalnews.com Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd.
		India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is arriving in Kathmandu on a daylong tour on Sunday.
		He is visiting Kathmandu at the invitation of Deputy PM and Foreign Minister KP Sharma Oli.
		Accompanying him to Kathmandu are Indian foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Nepal Desk chief at the External Affairs Ministry, Pankaj Mishra and joint secretary Preeti Saran.
	www.nepalnews.com.np /archive/2006/dec/dec16/news09.php (236 words)

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