India,Pak Foreign Ministers to meet

To prepare ground for the meeting,Foreign Secretaries will meet on September 26 during which Salman Bashir will discuss with Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao all issues between the two countries,including terrorism and the “core issue” of Kashmir.

“The Foreign Secretaries meeting is being held in accordance with the decisions made during the talks between the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and India at Sharm el-Sheikh in July,” Bashir said. “All the issues between the two countries,including terrorism and the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir,will be discussed in these meetings,” he told state-run APP.

While Pakistan has been asking India to resume the stalled peace process,New Delhi maintains that any meaningful dialogue with Islamabad can only be based on fulfilment of its commitment not to allow its territory to be used in any manner for terrorist activities against it.

“The Foreign Ministers will meet to discuss the agenda prepared by the two Foreign Secretaries,” Bashir said. He expressed the hope that these meetings will pave the way for the formal resumption of the stalled peace process between the two countries.