"India and China are undoubtedly big countries and their economies are fast-growing, therefore one should not be surprised over their relations," Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri said. "However we should see that Sino-India relations do not create negative impact on our country."

Kasuri also sounded optimistic over the recent foreign secretary level talks between India and Pakistan.

The stalemate that was created in bilateral discussions follwing the Mumbai train blasts has ended with these talks, which was a welcome development, he told a TV channel in Islamabad [Images].

On the prospectus of Indo-Pak trade, he said that while Indian exports to Pakistan had picked up, the reverse was not making much headway "due to unnecessary hurdles created by India in the shape of various tariffs".

He said that if India's claim of giving the Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan was true then Pakistan's exports to India would have increased tremendously.