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Problems with Pakistan can't be solved soon: Advani

Home Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani on Friday said that the problems with Pakistan cannot be solved in "a jiffy."

He added that the Indo-Pak summit in July would mark a movement forward.

"We have had problems with Pakistan for the last 50 years. And they cannot be solved in a jiffy, in one meeting," Advani told Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit during a meeting in Istanbul.

"We are optimistic that his (Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's) visit will mark a movement forward. We are sure that tensions will lessen and the process of discussion will be furthered," he added.

Turkey is a key member of the Organisation of Islamic Countries. Briefing reporters about his meeting with Ecevit, the Home Minister said the Turkish leader expressed the hope that the Indo-Pak summit would be 'fruitful'.

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