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Pakistan-India next round of talks, next month: Official

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Dec 20, IRNA
Pakistan-India-Talks
Pakistan and India will hold next round of composite dialogue next month, Foreign Office spokesperson, Ms Tasnim Aslam said here on Monday.

During her weekly news briefing, she said the two countries have achieved some progress particularly in the context of confidence- building measures on Jammu and Kashmir.

There is greater interaction between Kashmiri leaders and a public discourse on various options for resolving the dispute.

Asked to comment on Indian reaction to the OIC summit's reference to Kashmir, she said the organization is well within its right to raise the issue because Kashmir is an internationally recognized disputed territory.

It is on the agenda of the UN as well as the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

OIC has always extended support to the people of Kashmir in their struggle against foreign occupation and it reiterated this position in the latest summit.

Commenting on Siachin, she said certain ideas were exchanged during the last meeting between Pakistan and India. She expressed the hope that the two sides would be able to move further on the issue in their next round of talks.

On visit to Pakistan of US Vice President Dick Cheney, she said Cheney is coming to Pakistan to express solidarity with the people and government of Pakistan over the earthquake tragedy. He will also visit the affected areas, she added.

She further voiced satisfaction of her government with inauguration of Afghan Parliament. She hoped that Afghanistan will enter a new stage of stability.

Pakistan, for its part, has also been supportive of the Bonn process, Ms Aslam said adding that a Pakistani parliamentary delegation led by the deputy speaker of the National Assembly is representing Pakistan at the inaugural ceremony.

She further announced that there are about seven Pakistani nationals at the Guantanamo bay prison.

Eight Pakistanis detained in Iraq several weeks ago have been released, she concluded.

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