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Pakistan, India talks today Monday, July 21, 2008 NEW DELHI: The fifth round of the composite dialogues between Pakistan and India on foreign secretaries level will be held today (Monday). Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir will represent Pakistan while Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon will represent India in the talks. The talks, to be held at the Hyderabad House, will discuss the confidence building measures (CBMs) and the Kashmir issue. The two sides will focus on the options for the peaceful resolution of the issues. Besides, tangible measures for the promotion of bilateral co-operation, boosting trade, and matters relating to traditional and nuclear weapons will be reviewed. The Working Group's decisions taken in a meeting recently held in Islamabad will also be announced. It should be added that the duration of talks has been reduced to one day from the schedule two days.