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Jack Straw to visit New Delhi on Wednesday

A day after visiting Islamabad, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrives in New Delhi on Wednesday in an effort to bring the two countries to the negotiating table.

On Tuesday, Straw will arrive in Islamabad for talks.

Straw has cautioned that the 'possibility of war is real and very disturbing', while a foreign office source said, "We have to get things to cool down. Our expectations for the foreign secretary's visit are fairly realistic."

"The priority is to get the two sides to focus on what will happen if things go wrong; to recognise the reality of a nuclear exchange," he said.

A report in the Sunday Observer on Sunday said: "Though Straw will be received politely, the most crucial visit will be that of Richard Armitage, the influential US Deputy Secretary of State, who arrives in India early next month. Saturday's invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk to the Pakistanis in Kazakhstan may not be accepted, but will have been carefully noted."

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