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INFORMATION DIVISION
Embassy of Pakistan
2315 Massachusetts Avenue
Washington DC 20008
Tel: 202 939 6227/28
Fax: 202 265 5184
June 11

PAKISTAN PROPOSES RESULT-ORIENTED DIALOGUE WITH INDIA
 

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on June 11 conveyed to India a proposal for the resumption of bilateral dialogue to address Peace and Security and the Jammu and Kashmir issues.

The proposal was conveyed to the Indian government by the Foreign Secretary.

Following is the text of the proposal:

"Pakistan's desire to engage constructively in a substantive and a result-oriented dialogue with India has repeatedly been affirmed by the Prime Minister.

"Accordingly, the Foreign Secretary today [June 11] officially conveyed to the Indian High Commissioner, Pakistan's proposal for resumption of Pakistan-India dialogue on the basis of the agreement reached on June 23, 1997 between the two countries.

"Pakistan has proposed that in view of the current situation, the two sides should address, on a priority basis, the issues of Peace and Security and Jammu and Kashmir in the resumed talks.

"Pakistan has also proposed that under the item pertaining to Peace and Security, special and urgent attention may be given to arriving at mutually agreed measures for the avoidance of conflict as well as promotion of nuclear and conventional restraint and stabilization measures.

"Pakistan believes that simultaneously with the bilateral dialogue the international community will remain engaged with the comprehensive political process of stabilization of nuclearized South Asia and finding of a just settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute as promised by the P-5 Foreign
Ministers in their Joint Communique issued in Geneva on June 4, 1998. The UN Security Council has also mandated the Secretary General to remain engaged in these efforts. In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister on June 10, the Secretary General has offered to encourage and facilitate this process. Islamabad now awaits the Secretary General's Personal Envoy's visit to
Pakistan."