<p>External Affairs Minister S M Krishna rebuffed his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi for comparing Home Secretary G K Pillai with JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, saying there was "absolutely no comparison" between the two.<br /><br />Hours after Qureshi accused the Indian delegation to the Foreign Ministers' meeting yesterday in Islamabad of carrying a limited mandate to discuss issues, Krishna said that "our mandate was very clear".<br /><br />"There was no ambiguity. As External Affairs Minister leading this delegation, I have confined myself to the mandate given to me and I am quite satisfied," he told reporters at the IGI airport here shortly on arrival from Islamabad.<br /><br />To a question on what were the gains of his visit, Krishna said, "the very fact that I went to Islamabad and I talked about core issues in our relationship...if you consider it as a gain, I am ready to along with it.<br /><br />"We talked about some of the burning issues that confront the two countries. To that extent that we have contributed in a manner where the trust deficit is getting reduced as part of the Confidence Building Measure," he said.</p>
<p>External Affairs Minister S M Krishna rebuffed his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi for comparing Home Secretary G K Pillai with JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, saying there was "absolutely no comparison" between the two.<br /><br />Hours after Qureshi accused the Indian delegation to the Foreign Ministers' meeting yesterday in Islamabad of carrying a limited mandate to discuss issues, Krishna said that "our mandate was very clear".<br /><br />"There was no ambiguity. As External Affairs Minister leading this delegation, I have confined myself to the mandate given to me and I am quite satisfied," he told reporters at the IGI airport here shortly on arrival from Islamabad.<br /><br />To a question on what were the gains of his visit, Krishna said, "the very fact that I went to Islamabad and I talked about core issues in our relationship...if you consider it as a gain, I am ready to along with it.<br /><br />"We talked about some of the burning issues that confront the two countries. To that extent that we have contributed in a manner where the trust deficit is getting reduced as part of the Confidence Building Measure," he said.</p>