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Basit said Islamabad is striving to ensure that the next
round of the composite dialogue with New Delhi would be
irreversible as abrupt severing of negotiations only benefits
forces inimical to both countries.
A long-term, sustained and meaningful composite dialogue
process with India is the need of the hour as it is the only
way to eliminate poverty, illiteracy and unemployment in South
Asia, Basit said.
The spokesman's comments came after the Pakistan
government accepted India's offer for Foreign Secretary-level
talks and decided to send Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to
New Delhi for the parleys with his counterpart Nirupama Rao on
February 25.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister's House said
Pakistan would raise all "core issues" during the talks and
"impress upon India the need for their expeditious resolution
through resumption of the composite dialogue".
Pakistan has also made it clear the upcoming engagement
should lead to the full-fledged resumption of the composite
dialogue. PTI