New Delhi:
It's Day 2 of the Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan today. The Indian side is expected to hand over copies of the Pakistani passport and Pakistan's domestic identity cards issued to 26/11 handler Abu Jundal in the name of Riyasat Ali to the visiting delegation, indicating the involvement of its state agencies.
Assited by their senior colleagues, the foreign secretaries of both countries, Ranjan Mathai and Jalil Abbas Jilani, are having talks on three segments - peace and security, Jammu and Kashmir and promotion of friendly exchanges.
The first day of talks was dominated by revelations made by recently-arrested Jundal on Pakistan's involvement in the Mumbai attacks.
According to official sources, India flagged its concern over anti-India terror activities being planned from Pakistani soil in the backdrop of arrest of LeT terrorist Jundal who has revealed that he, along with LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, was in the control room in Karachi during 26/11 Mumbai carnage in which 166 people were killed.
India is also understood to have reiterated its concern over the slow pace of Mumbai terror attacks trial in Pakistan.
Refusing to divulge any details of the deliberations, the official spokesperson in Ministry of External Affairs Syed Akabaruddin only said the Foreign Secretaries, along with their respective delegations, have had "two full sessions of detailed discussions covering all aspects of the agenda under the items Peace and Security as well as Jammu and Kashmir."
The two sides also talked about confidence-building measures, including in trade and travel and nuclear fields.