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| India to release four Pakistani prisoners on 30th |
| 2010-06-26 |
| NEW DELHI: India agreed on Friday to release four detained Pakistani nationals on the eve of talks in Islamabad between the interior ministers of the two countries, a government statement said. Home Minister P Chidambaram as a gesture of goodwill approved the release of the four Pakistani nationals imprisoned in the western Indian state of Gujarat. “These prisoners will be repatriated from the Attari border on June 30 and handed over to the Pakistan Rangers,' the Home Ministry said. Chidambaram reached Pakistan on Friday to attend the conference of interior ministers of the eight-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) today (Saturday). The Indian minister is to meet Interior Minister Rehman Malik on the sidelines of the event. Pakistan also freed 17 Indian prisoners earlier this week as a goodwill gesture ahead of a meeting between top foreign ministry officials from the two countries on Thursday. |
| Posted by:Steve White |