Pakistan indicates readiness for talks with India on Feb 25

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Feb 11 (PTI) Pakistan has indicated its
readiness for the Foreign Secretary-level talks on February
25, saying the two sides need to "move forward" but insisted
on resumption of composite dialogue covering Kashmir and other
outstanding issues that is "meaningful and result-oriented".

Responding to the two sets of dates proposed by India
for the talks, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that
February 25 is "not a bad date" for the talks.
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao had proposed February
18 and 25 as dates for the talks with her Pakistan counterpart
Salman Bashir. The composite dialogue between the two sides
was suspended in the wake of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
"I believe we should move forward. Common sense states
that talks should be held as soon as possible," Qureshi said.
"What is important is that we start talking. Of course
we feel that these talks should be the re-start of the
composite dialogue and take it up from where we left off.
After all, all the issues that both sides want to raise are
included in the composite dialogue," he said in separate
interviews to Geo news channel and the News daily.
"We have many outstanding issues on our agenda, like
the Kashmir issue that India recognises. There is the waters
issue on which there should be talks," he said.
"If you do not hold talks on these issues, the talks
will not be beneficial. Do you want progress or just talks? We
want progress and not talks for the sake of talks. We want
meaningful and result-oriented talks," he said. MORE PTI RHL
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