ISLAMABAD, July 2: Putting newer measures for building trust on the table may appear attractive, but when foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India meet on Wednesday their chief concern will be implementation of the already agreed steps.

Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani will leave for New Delhi on Tuesday for two days’ talks (July 4-5) with his Indian counterpart Ranjan Mathai.

The agenda of the meeting, which will conclude the second round of bilateral dialogue under the resumed peace process, includes peace and security, Jammu and Kashmir, cultural exchanges, and conventional and nuclear confidence building measures.

The meeting will also set the ground for a meeting of foreign ministers next month.

As the foreign secretary prepares to leave for India, Pakistan does not look very upbeat about the progress achieved so far in the talks but is still keeping its hopes attached to the process.

There has been little progress in various segments during the current round except for the movement on trade.

“We will try to move forward inch by inch,” said an official, aware of the preparations for the Delhi meeting.

About Pakistan’s strategy, another diplomat said the political leadership had mandated the foreign secretary to move forward on all issues.

However, officials were more concerned about discussing the enforcement of the existing CBMs instead of proposing new ones.

Trans-LoC trade that was once dubbed the biggest CBM is yet to be fully operational with some hitches hindering smooth functioning of business. And so is the cross-LoC travel which is also facing a number of problems.

The Pakistani side is also likely to renew its proposals for civilian nuclear energy cooperation and an agreement on early notification of nuclear accidents.

Other proposed CBMs likely to be considered include pre-notification of cruise missile tests and movement of heavy weaponry along the LoC.

Though counter-terrorism is discussed under the interior secretaries’ segment, this being one of the core concerns eventually always ends up on foreign secretaries’ table. So issues relating to Hafiz Saeed, Abu Jundal, the recently arrested Mumbai attacks coordinator of Lashkar-e-Taiba will all come up some time during the course of Jilani-Mathai parleys.

EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS’ LIST: India and Pakistan, according to 2008 Agreement on Consular Access, exchanged on Monday lists of each other’s nationals in their custody.

The exchange takes place twice a year – on January 1 and July 1.

The Foreign Office handed over the list to the Indian High Commission, while the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi received the list of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails from the Ministry of External Affairs.