Pakistan yet to give an official itinerary for NSA visit

August 21, 2015 09:00

India Today reports: Pakistan is yet to give an official itinerary for the visit of its national security adviser Sartaj Aziz, which has not only kept India on tenterhooks but led to the suspicion that Aziz might be looking for a way to wriggle out of the talks.

Aziz formally agreed to come to New Delhi for the talks on August 23-24.

But for high-level diplomatic engagements like this, the norm is to send an official programme to the other side days in advance, which helps both sides to work out a detailed itinerary.

The unusual delay has raised eyebrows because of Pakistan's uneasiness about the "terror only" format of NSA-level talks.

Although the two sides had agreed at Ufa that Aziz and Indian NSA A K Doval will discuss only the issue of terrorism, the "agenda" sent by Pakistan for the engagement included a long list of engagements: from resumption of foreign secretary-level talks, issue of bail granted to the main accused in Samjhauta blasts and India's alleged interference in Baluchistan.

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