China welcomes Indo-Pak talks

June 24, 2011 10:25

China has welcomed the latest round of foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan in Islamabad.Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei on told a press conference in Beijing on Thursday that China supports India and Pakistan for their attempts to solve their differences through 'dialogue and cooperation'.

Nirupama Rao and Salman Bashir, the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan respectively, held their first round of discussions on Thursday, during which they discussed ways to liberalise the bilateral visa regime, especially for the elderly, children, businessmen and journalists; the issue of terrorism, peace and security and also moves to seek closure of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack to India's satisfaction.

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