`India, Pak cooperation key to prosecution of 26/11 culprits`

Islamabad, Feb 1 (PTI) Seeking resumption of Composite
Dialogue with India as early as possible after it was stalled
due to the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan has said cooperation
between the two countries would be crucial for the "successful
prosecution of the culprits" behind the terror strikes.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, while
talking to reporters at the airport in his hometown of Multan
Sunday, described the cooperation between the two countries
"as the key to ensuring successful prosecution of the
culprits" involved in the Mumbai attacks.

Later, Qureshi told a press conference in Multan that he
was hopeful that the sharing of the findings of Pakistan's
investigation into the Mumbai attacks with India would defuse
tensions between the two countries.

He said senior officials of the Interior and Law
Ministries were reviewing a report submitted by a team from
the Federal Investigation Agency that had looked into India's
dossier on the Mumbai attacks.

Replying to a query about a statement by Pakistan's
High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hassan that the
Mumbai attacks were not planned within Pakistan, Qureshi said
that Hassan had made the comment "in haste".

He said Pakistan was seriously investigating the matter
and intended to take necessary action.

Pakistan wanted the resumption of the Composite Dialogue
with India as early as possible, but "realistically speaking
India and the rest of the (world) are looking at us (to see)
what action we take and we are moving forward in the right
direction," he said.

Noting that terrorists were the common enemies of India
and Pakistan, Qureshi said it was essential to resolve the
Kashmir issue to achieve "durable peace" in the region.

"It is our desire that the Kashmir dispute be resolved
through a comprehensive dialogue." PTI