In "First Step", India and Pakistan Resume Talks, The New York Times, 25 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao of India described the meeting with her Pakistani counterpart, Salman Bashir, as a useful discussion, saying it would be premature to restart broader bilateral discussions but adding that the two sides had agreed to keep talking informally... In her comments, Ms. Rao said she restated Indian concerns about terrorist groups operating inside Pakistan, presenting three dossiers of new information related to the Mumbai attacks. She also prodded Pakistan to take action against Hafiz Saeed, the leader of an Islamic charity closely linked to the banned militant group, Lakshar-e-Taiba, which has been accused of orchestrating the Mumbai assault... Mr. Bashir expressed exasperation with Indian depictions of Pakistan as an 'epicenter' for breeding terrorism, describing his country instead as a victim of terrorist groups... For his part, Mr. Bashir concurred that terrorism was a major issue between the nations. But he described the longstanding territorial disputes in Kashmir as the 'core issue' and also said that he presented documentation outlining Pakistani concerns over water rights."
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