Taking exception to the reported remarks of Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Indo-Pak joint statement,Pakistan today said both sides should refrain from any move that "detract from progress made" at recent talks between the two premiers. Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said the insinuations made by Tharoor were "unwarranted and inconsistent with diplomatic norms". He was responding to questions on Tharoor's remarks about Pakistan as reported in the Indian media. Tharoor had reportedly said that the India-Pakistan joint statement issued after the recent meeting between Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Yousuf Raza Gilani in the Egypt is a "diplomatic paper" and not a "legal document". "It is a diplomatic paper that is released to the press - different from legal papers.
