The meeting between the Prime Ministers of two countries at Mohali on March 30 on the sidelines of the cricket World Cup semifinal between the two countries, has given a new direction to the bilateral relationship.
In a telephonic interview Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao said that it is not that we have prohibited our team from going to pakistan. Security is always an issue and we always like to be sure about security when we allow our teams to go there.
Rao said that the matter to be discussed between the cricketing fraternities on both sides and taken forward.
She added,I think cricket sometimes becomes an instrument of diplomacy, we have seen how cricket matches have been played between India and Pakistan in the past. People in both countries have supported the idea of such contacts.
Manmohan Singh had invited Gilani to Mohali after India and Pakistan advanced to the World Cup semifinal.
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