New Delhi: In an apparent reference to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's sharp comments against India, External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh today (Nov 21, 2004) said the problems between the two countries were old and results could not be expected in a day or two.

"It's an old question (problems). It's not an event. It's not possible that results will come in a day or two," he told reporters in New Delhi, a day after Musharraf expressed unhappiness that the vibes emanating from India are not good and that India should show flexibility to solve the Kashmir issue.

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Singh said India wanted the Composite Dialogue Process to move forward which Musharraf and Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri also wanted. He was hopeful that the process would move forward when Pakistan Premier Shaukat Aziz talks to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi in the next few days.

Natwar Singh said that for India the dialogue was a process in whose outcome it was interested.