Reuters, Islamabad :
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz will visit New Delhi for security talks on August 23, he said on Thursday, in the rivals’ first attempt in months to restart talks.
“I can confirm that I will be going to India on August 23,” Sartaj Aziz told a news conference.
Aziz said his visit was “not a breakthrough in terms of composite dialogue and all the issues but at least it is an ice breaking on some issues.. and let’s hope it will lead to further more comprehensive dialogue on the other issues between the two countries”.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, in their meeting at Ufa (Russia) in July, had agreed that a meeting of the National Security Advisers (NSAs) would be convened to “discuss all issues connected to terrorism”.
Read: FO says Indian invitation under study
Since the meeting, however, a series of militant attacks and border skirmishes have poisoned the atmosphere.
Earlier during the month New Delhi had proposed a meeting of NSAs on Aug 23 for discussing the terrorist threat faced by India and Pakistan.
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz will visit New Delhi for security talks on August 23, he said on Thursday, in the rivals’ first attempt in months to restart talks.
“I can confirm that I will be going to India on August 23,” Sartaj Aziz told a news conference.
Aziz said his visit was “not a breakthrough in terms of composite dialogue and all the issues but at least it is an ice breaking on some issues.. and let’s hope it will lead to further more comprehensive dialogue on the other issues between the two countries”.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, in their meeting at Ufa (Russia) in July, had agreed that a meeting of the National Security Advisers (NSAs) would be convened to “discuss all issues connected to terrorism”.
Read: FO says Indian invitation under study
Since the meeting, however, a series of militant attacks and border skirmishes have poisoned the atmosphere.
Earlier during the month New Delhi had proposed a meeting of NSAs on Aug 23 for discussing the terrorist threat faced by India and Pakistan.
