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| Peace with Pakistan 'desirable' | Peace with Pakistan 'desirable' |
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| India's newly appointed foreign minister has said it is desirable that India and Pakistan live in peace. | India's newly appointed foreign minister has said it is desirable that India and Pakistan live in peace. |
| Pranab Mukherjee, a veteran politician who moved from his post of defence minister on Tuesday, said peace was essential for economic growth. | Pranab Mukherjee, a veteran politician who moved from his post of defence minister on Tuesday, said peace was essential for economic growth. |
| He added that India would share "certain" evidence with Islamabad of Pakistani involvement in the July train bombings in Mumbai. | He added that India would share "certain" evidence with Islamabad of Pakistani involvement in the July train bombings in Mumbai. |
| Next month, the two countries are to resume stalled peace talks. | Next month, the two countries are to resume stalled peace talks. |
| 'Critical time' | 'Critical time' |
| "As we believe that we cannot alter our neighbour, it is desirable to live with our neighbours in peace and to create a tension-free situation on our borders amongst our neighbours in the region," Mr Mukherjee told reporters on his first day in his new job. | "As we believe that we cannot alter our neighbour, it is desirable to live with our neighbours in peace and to create a tension-free situation on our borders amongst our neighbours in the region," Mr Mukherjee told reporters on his first day in his new job. |
| The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says that Mr Mukherjee is taking charge at a critical time for Indian diplomacy. | The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says that Mr Mukherjee is taking charge at a critical time for Indian diplomacy. |
| Next month, India and Pakistan resume peace talks which have been stalled since the Mumbai bombings that left nearly 200 people dead. | Next month, India and Pakistan resume peace talks which have been stalled since the Mumbai bombings that left nearly 200 people dead. |
| India has blamed militants based in Pakistan for the attacks, leading to an exchange of angry rhetoric between the two neighbours. | India has blamed militants based in Pakistan for the attacks, leading to an exchange of angry rhetoric between the two neighbours. |
| Pakistan was swift to condemn the bombings and has repeatedly called on India to back its claims with proof, something which Delhi has yet to do. | Pakistan was swift to condemn the bombings and has repeatedly called on India to back its claims with proof, something which Delhi has yet to do. |
| Mr Mukherjee, 70, took over his new portfolio from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had been acting as foreign minister for nearly a year. | Mr Mukherjee, 70, took over his new portfolio from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had been acting as foreign minister for nearly a year. |
| The post fell vacant last November when the previous incumbent, Natwar Singh, resigned after a UN inquiry named him in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal. | The post fell vacant last November when the previous incumbent, Natwar Singh, resigned after a UN inquiry named him in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal. |
| Mr Mukherjee is a prominent Gandhi family loyalist who did not win a popular election until 2004. | Mr Mukherjee is a prominent Gandhi family loyalist who did not win a popular election until 2004. |
| Among the many challenges he faces will be steering India's growing relations with the United States at a time when a controversial nuclear deal between the two countries is stuck in the US Senate. |