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Thursday, October 30, 2008 (22:14:37) |
| Tags : Ban Ki Moon, LoC, Trade, Indo-Pak |
Cross-LoC trade can build confidence: Ban Ki Moon |
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New Delhi: "Small-scale steps are often the harbinger of bigger changes to come," said United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki Moon today as the launch of cross-LoC trade between India and Pakistan has begun. "Trucks from each country have delivered goods to the other. I draw encouragement from it, and urge both sides to build on it. Commerce can build confidence," he said, delivering the 9th Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecture in the Capital.
Ban noted that India is situated in a region that is beset by a number of unresolved disputes and ridden by terrorism and ethnic strife and has been dealing with its neighbours on 'extremely complex questions'. He drew encouragement from the 'latest breakthrough' of trade being launched 'across the dividing lines between India and Pakistan' after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari at the United Nations last month.
"The United Nations believes in dialogue as a means to settle disputes. Broad, inclusive dialogue between antagonists and those whom one might have the most fundamental disagreements. Such a dialogue should be possible on the subcontinent too," added Ban. (PTI) |
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