British foreign secretary Jack Straw voiced support for Pakistan and India’s peace dialogue today, saying the nuclear-armed neighbours could not resolve their dispute over Kashmir through bloodshed.

The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan prepared to resume talks today after harsh words over the weekend threatened to complicate the wide-ranging discussions that include their decades-old dispute over Kashmir.

India and Pakistan opened high-level talks yesterday aimed at solving their decades-old dispute over Kashmir with Pakistan denying it arms and trains a separatist insurgency in the region and accusing India of human rights abuses there.

India and Pakistan opened high-level talks today aimed at solving their decades-old dispute over Kashmir with Pakistan denying it arms and trains a separatist insurgency in the region and accusing India of human rights abuses there.

Britain's Deputy Prime minister John Prescott arrived in Delhi today for talks with India’s new leaders aimed at enhancing the strong ties between the two countries, the British High Commission said.

Communist parties have slammed India’s foreign minister for saying the country may consider sending troops to Iraq following a UN resolution endorsing the planned US transfer of political authority to an interim Iraqi government.