India would have to revisit its Pak policy soon: Qureshi

Obviously peeved at India's refusal to engage in composite dialogue, Pakistan today said India "will have" to revisit its policy "very soon".

Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who has been criticised back home for adopting a "subservient tone" with his US counterpart Hillary Clinton during the parleys here, appeared to be assertive when it came to India.

"I am of the view that Pakistan has been willing to engage, and I am confident as -- you know, two years down the line, I am confident of this relationship.

"I am confident that India will have to revisit its policy and very soon," Qureshi told reporters during a joint press conference with Clinton following the US-Pak Strategic Dialogue.

Qureshi's remarks apparently referred to India's position that it would not resume composite dialogue with Pakistan until it takes concrete action against those who are responsible for terror attacks in India.

On Indo-US relationship, Qureshi said as far as India is concerned it is a sovereign country and has bilateral
relations with Washington.

"We respect that. But all we are saying (is) that those relations should not be at the cost of Pakistan, and we are very clear and I think you're (Clinton) very clear on that," the foreign minister said.