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The
third round of Secretary-level talks between India
and Pakistan on ‘Promotion of Friendly Exchanges in
Various Fields’ within the framework of the
Composite Dialogue was held in New Delhi on 1-2 June
2006. The Indian delegation was led by Shri Badal K.
Das, Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of
Tourism & Culture and the Pakistan delegation was
led by Mr. Jalil Abbas, Secretary, Ministry of
Culture.
The Pakistan delegation called on the Hon’ble
Minister of Tourism and Culture, Smt. Ambika Soni.
The talks were held in a cordial atmosphere.
Progress since the first round of talks in August
2004 was reviewed. The two sides discussed various
proposals for cooperation in the fields of arts &
culture, education, Ayurvedic & Unani medicine,
archaeology, tourism, youth affairs, sports and
media.
The two sides underlined the importance of
interaction in the field of culture and related
areas as part of efforts to expand people-to-people
contacts and agreed to work on the modalities of
proposals identified by them.
New Delhi
2 June 2006
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