Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet next month to discuss the details of the comprehensive bilateral dialogue that was announced during Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj's visit to Islamabad earlier this week, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has announced.


On Wednesday, amid efforts by both nations to improve ties, Swaraj had announced in Islamabad that India and Pakistan will resume comprehensive bilateral dialogue.


"India and Pakistan are ready for talks. How this dialogue can be taken forward - the schedule and modalities will be decided in due course," Swaraj had said after meeting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz.The discussions will involve "peace and security, CBMs, Jammu and Kashmir, Siachen... Economic and Commercial Cooperation, Counter-Terrorism... Humanitarian Issues, People to People exchanges and religious tourism," said a joint statement. "The Indian side was assured of the steps being taken to expedite the early conclusion of the Mumbai trial," the joint statement read.