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Dialogue with Pak when conditions permit: Pratibha

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Posted online: Monday, February 25, 2008 at 1058 hrs IST

New Delhi, February 25:
India will resume the dialogue process with Pakistan "when conditions permit," President Pratibha Patil said on Monday.

"We are committed to peace, friendship and good neighbourly relations with Pakistan. A stable and prosperous

Pakistan, at peace with itself, is in the interest of our entire region," she said in her maiden address to the joint sitting of the Budget Session of Parliament.

"When conditions permit we will resume our dialogue process with Pakistan, aimed at building mutual confidence and resolving outstanding issues, premised on an atmosphere free from terror and violence" Patil said.

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Dialogue with Pak when conditions permit: Pratibha Agencies Posted online: Monday, February 25, 2008 at 1058 hrs IST New Delhi, February 25: India will resume the dialogue process with Pakistan "when conditions permit," President Pratibha Patil said on Monday. "We are committed to peace, friendship and good neighbourly relations with Pakistan. A stable and prosperous Pakistan, at peace with itself, is in the interest of our entire region," she said in her maiden address to the joint sitting of the Budget Session of Parliament. "When conditions permit we will resume our dialogue process with Pakistan, aimed at building mutual confidence and resolving outstanding issues, premised on an atmosphere free from terror and violence" Patil said.