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Manmohan to visit Islamabad this year

Islamabad—Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to visit Pakistan sometime this year, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Wednesday.
The long due visit of the Indian PM is likely this year, he said at a joint a joint news conference with Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee at the conclusion of a meeting to review progress in the fourth round of the bilateral composite dialogue.
Qureshi however said it was too early to announce a date for the visit of the Indian Prime Minister. “We need to make reasonable progress before his visit,” he added.—APP