Three years after the two nations suspended bilateral trade, Pakistan's foreign minister isn't hopeful of resuming it with the Narendra Modi-led Indian government.
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00:00We, for the first time after 1965, unilaterally started trading with India.
00:05Unfortunately, that space does not exist today.
00:09It's a very different India to that of 2010.
00:20In 2010, my party, the Pakistan People's Party, was in power.
00:24And we, for the first time after 1965, unilaterally started trading with India.
00:31We were willing to take the political risk,
00:34stick an X on the line, touch the third rail of Pakistani politics.
00:38But because we knew that there was a rational, reasonable
00:42player on the other end who would perhaps be willing to reciprocate,
00:45and that's important for a reasonable relationship amongst neighbours.