India, Pak Foreign Secretaries to meet on Sep 26

Islamabad, Sep 21 (PTI) Foreign Secretaries of India and
Pakistan will meet on September 26 in New York during which
Salman Bashir will discuss with his Indian counterpart
Nirupama Rao all issues between the two countries, including
terrorism and the "core issue" of Kashmir.

Foreign Secretary Bashir said he will meet Rao on
September 26 in New York on the sidelines of the United
Nations General Assembly and it will be followed by talks
between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Indian
counterpart S M Krishna the next day.

"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," he said.

On the agenda for the two meetings, 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 expressed the hope that these meetings will pave the
way for the formal resumption of the stalled peace process
between the two countries.

"The Foreign Ministers will meet to discuss the agenda
prepared by the two Foreign Secretaries," he said.

"The meetings between the Foreign Secretaries and Foreign
Ministers of Pakistan and India in New York are the follow-up
of the summit meeting held in Sharm el-Sheikh," he told
state-run APP news agency. PTI RHL
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