Source: www.dawn.com - Saturday, April 18, 2015
LAHORE: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has expressed wonder at the inordinate delay by India in resuming foreign secretaries-level talks between the two countries and urged New Delhi to start the dialogue for resolving various issues amid at creating peace in the region. “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after 2013 general elections had announced an economic and social development road map for the country through developing good relations with the neighbours, including India. Under this policy, the premier went to India and took part in the oath-taking ceremony of the India PM Narendra Modi. During their meeting on May 27 last year both premiers agreed to resume talks at foreign-secretaries level. And on Aug 25, India conveyed us about sending its foreign secretary to Islamabad in this regard,” Mr Sartaj said at seminar titled Muslim-Sikh Dosti Di Tarjman — Baisakhi (Besakhi represents Muslim-Sikh friendship) here on Saturday. He said the foreign ministry wondered when the India cancelled the talks on its own without consulting Pakistan. He said though the new Indian foreign secretary visited Pakistan on March 3 this year as a good will gesture, formal talks were yet to resume. He said Pakistan believed in peace in the region and desired to initiate dialogues on all issues with India and other countries. “If there will be peace, we all can eradicate the menace of poverty, illiteracy and injustice in the region
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LAHORE: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has expressed wonder at the inordinate delay by India in resuming foreign secretaries-level talks between the two countries and urged New Delhi to start the dialogue for resolving various issues amid at creating peace in the region. “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after 2013 general elections had announced an economic and social development road map for the country through developing good relations with the neighbours, including India. Under this policy, the premier went to India and took part in the oath-taking ceremony of the India PM Narendra Modi. During their meeting on May 27 last year both premiers agreed to resume talks at foreign-secretaries level. And on Aug 25, India conveyed us about sending its foreign secretary to Islamabad in this regard,” Mr Sartaj said at seminar titled Muslim-Sikh Dosti Di Tarjman — Baisakhi (Besakhi represents Muslim-Sikh friendship) here on Saturday. He said the foreign ministry wondered when the India cancelled the talks on its own without consulting Pakistan. He said though the new Indian foreign secretary visited Pakistan on March 3 this year as a good will gesture, formal talks were yet to resume. He said Pakistan believed in peace in the region and desired to initiate dialogues on all issues with India and other countries. “If there will be peace, we all can eradicate the menace of poverty, illiteracy and injustice in the region
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