No hiccup in composite dialogue process: India

New Delhi, June 9 (UNI) India today said there has been no hiccup from its side in going ahead with the composite dialogue process with Pakistan.

Asked to comment on Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri's statement that he was worried about the composite dialogue process and was not sure whom to talk with next month as India did not have a Foreign Minister, an External Affairs spokesman said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was looking after the portfolio and India have Ministers of State in the External Affairs Ministry.

''As far as we are concerned there has been no hiccup at all from the Indian side in going ahead with the Composite Dialogue Process,'' the spokesman said.

Mr Kasuri had made the remark during his meeting with BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha in Islamabad yesterday.

A review of the third round of the composite dialogue process, which has nearly ended, is due soon and a decision needs to be taken about the dates for starting the fourth round.

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