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Ready to discuss all issues: PM

NEW DELHI, APRIL 2. The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, tonight said that India favoured a "freer flow" of ideas and people with Pakistan.

He was speaking to reporters at the airport after returning from "very successful" visit to Mauritius.

Asked about Pakistan's refusal to permit Kashmiri political leaders to travel by the inaugural Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus on April 7, the Prime Minister said, "our approach is that there should be a freer flow of people and ideas to resolve all issues between the two countries. Our effort will be to persuade Pakistan to encourage people-to-people contact in the widest possible sense of the term."

To a question on what would he discuss with the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, when he (Gen. Musharraf) visits India to watch the India-Pakistan one-day international on April 17, the Prime Minister said: "I have said on more than one occasion that we are willing to discuss all issues which have a vital bearing on our relations with Pakistan." — UNI

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