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By Our Diplomatic Correspondent
The new Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Aziz Ahmed Khan, presenting his credentials to the President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday. — PTI
Apart from Mr. Khan, the Ambassadors of Eritrea and Croatia, Gabriel Fassil and Dino Debeljuh, presented their credentials to Dr. Kalam. A statement from the Rashtrapati Bhavan said that senior officials of the External Affairs Ministry and diplomats attended the ceremony. Soon after presenting his credentials, Mr. Aziz Khan told presspersons that the two countries should move quickly to resume air and rail links as well as restore the full strength of their High Commissions. Later, negotiations between the two countries could begin as part of a composite dialogue. Pakistan has not had a High Commissioner in New Delhi since May 2002 when the Government asked Ashraf Jehangir Qazi to leave India following the terrorist attack in Kaluchak. The Indian High Commissioner-designate to Pakistan, Shivshankar Menon, who has completed his tenure as Ambassador to China, is now here for official meetings before leaving for Islamabad. With Mr. Menon going to Islamabad, India will have a High Commissioner in place after December 2001 when New Delhi recalled Vijay Nambiar in protest against the December 13, 2001 attack on the Parliament House.
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