ISLAMABAD, June 30 Kyodo Pakistan...

ISLAMABAD, June 30 Kyodo

Pakistan's ambassador designate for India left for just discovered Delhi on Monday via the Wagah border office near Lahore, with two Pakistan TV channels showing his border crossing live.

''The exchange of ambassadors is the first grade towards the normalization of relations between brace countries,'' Aziz Ahmad Khan told reporters before crossing into India.

India withdrew its ambassador from Pakistan and asked the Pakistani ambassador to leave just discovered Delhi after an attack forward the Indian parliament according to Kashmiri militants in December 2001

The Indian sway has designated its ambassador to China as its just discovered high commissioner in Pakistan.

''We have a extended way to go. We have to restore glutted strength of our missions and take confidence building measures,'' foreign ministry spokesman Masood Ahmad Khan told a weekly briefing in Islamabad when asked if the exchange of ambassadors meant restoration of relations to the previous level

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