NEW DELHI, Jan 15: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s first visit to Islamabad as successful, but he also indicated on Monday that it would be premature to see an early solution to the Siachen and Sir Creek disputes, news reports said.

Indian news agencies quoted Dr Singh as making the comments to journalists accompanying him on his way back from the Philippines.“We have to take a holistic view of our relations with Pakistan,” Dr Singh said. “We have had several rounds of composite dialogue in which Siachen and Sir Creek issues figured. We are making progress. It will be premature for me to say that we have reached a stage where we can say that an agreement can be found.”

In reply to a question on the outcome of the foreign minister’s discussions in Islamabad, and about the likelihood of his own pending visit happening any time soon, the prime minister said he would be speaking to Mr Mukherjee before taking a decision.

“He has just had a successful visit to Pakistan. A future course of action will be determined after I have had a briefing from him,” he said.

About his meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, Dr Singh said that Beijing and New Delhi had affirmed to enhance bilateral trade to $40 billion by 2010.

“Both Prime Minister Jiabao and I agreed that the boundary issue should be moved forward and the process of discussion on the issue should be accelerated in the light of the parameters and guiding principles which we agreed to,” he said.

“I have met the Myanmar prime minister, who has assured India that whenever effective information is given to them, Myanmar will assist India in tackling insurgent groups taking shelter in that country,” he added.

Meanwhile, India’s National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan told Times Now TV that New Delhi was preparing the ground to confront Pakistan with the evidence of July 11, 2006, serial train blasts in Mumbai.