Will evaluate report on Pune blast: S.M. Krishna
By IANSSunday, February 14, 2010
CHENNAI - External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said Sunday he will wait for a report on the Pune bomb blast before taking a decision on future steps on the India-Pakistan talks.
Speaking to reporters here, Krishna said: Let me get the report… then perhaps we will have to look into those reports and evaluate them.
He was answering a question on the status of the foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan scheduled to be held in Delhi Feb 25.
India had stopped the composite dialogue with Pakistan after the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008.
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has asked the government to reconsider the scheduled talks in the wake of the latest terror strike, stating that terror and talks cannot coexist.
The terror strike in German Bakery, a popular eatery in Pune, killed nine people and left 57 injured.
