Though the various issues bedevilling the bilateral relations between India and Pakistan remain stuck, Hina Rabbani Khar has sought to change the ambiance of the bilateral interactions by introducing an element of decency in discourse that was markedly absent under her predecessor, says B Raman.
Hina Rabbani Khar, the young and seemingly forward-looking foreign minister of Pakistan, brought in a breath of fresh air during her short visit to New Delhi on July 26-27, for talks with her Indian counterpart S M Krishna to review the progress in the dialogue process covering various issues since the last meeting of Krishna with her predecessor, Shah Mehmood Qureshi at Islamabad in July last year.
What a near diplomatic disaster the previous meeting between Krishna and Qureshi was due to the totally negative and undiplomatic attitude of Qureshi who used the joint press conference at the end of the talks and another interaction with the media subsequently to talk disparagingly of the Indian foreign minister and in unduly critical terms on India's attitude to the dialogue process -- particularly on the Kashmir issue!
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