[HINDUSTANTIMES] India is unenthused by Pakistain foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar's offer of ministerial-level talks that came a day after she accused New Delhi of warmongering. Though New Delhi sees Islamabad's instructions to its troops to respect ceasefire as a "positive" development, it is in favour of Directors General Military Operations sorting out the tensions along the Line of Control (LoC).
"Direct talks between counterparts don't just come in a jiffy; you sort of work up gradually or work towards something," foreign minister Salman Khurshid Thursday said of Rabbani's offer to talk to him.
"We, for instance, when we come in contact at our level, that becomes a base for the contact between heads of government to come together. So there is lot of work that you need to do."
"I think it's not just one statement or one response that works. You have to take up the whole structure with you...," said Khurshid.
The foreign minister along with his defence counterpart AK Antony briefed the cabinet about the situation along the LoC.
The defence ministry, too, is for a wait-and-watch approach -- to see if Pakistain's "change of mind" is reflected at the ground-level over a period of time.