Musharraf wants talks to be ''positive and confirmative''

New Delhi, Sep 15 (UNI) Ahead of his tomorrow's meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the margins of the NAM summit in Havana, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has exuded hope that their parleys would be ''positive and confirmative'' on bilateral issues, including Kashmir.

''I want talks to be positive and confirmative,'' Gen Musharraf told CNN-IBN in an interview.

Gen Musharraf had also spoken out in Brussels against what he thought was reluctance on the part of India to take a ''large-hearted'' approach on Kashmir.

Dr Singh, on the other hand, will firmly convey to the military ruler India's concerns over continuing cross-border terrorism.

According to senior Indian officials, the Prime Minister would do some plain-speaking at the crucial meeting and tell Gen Musharraf in unequivocal terms that it would be difficult for New Delhi to resume the peace process if Pakistan did not stop promoting cross-border terrorism.

This will be the first meeting between the two leaders after the recent spurt in terrorist activities in India, due to which the dialogue process had to be stalled in July. The serial blasts in Mumbai on July 11 forced India to put on hold the Foreign Secretary-level talks which were to be held later during that month in New Delhi.

The officials accompanying the Prime Minister did not rule out the possibility of the resumption of the dialogue process if the meeting between the two leaders went off well.

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