India ready for foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan on terrorism
August 17, 2016  15:47
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Just in: India's Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar has conveyed his willingness to visit Islamabad after Pakistan invites India for talks. But the government has rejected Pakistan's "self-serving allegations regarding the situation in J&K. The state  is an integral part of India and Pakistan has no locus standi," India has said. India has proposed Indo-Pak FS level talks focus on aspects related to cross-border terrorism which is central to current situation in J&K.


New Delhis formal response to Pakistani foreign secretary Aizaz Chaudhrys letter inviting his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar to Islamabad for talks on the Kashmir issue was handed over to the Foreign Office by high commissioner Gautam Bambawale. New Delhi had ruled out talks solely focused on Kashmir.


The proposal for talks on the Kashmir issue was unveiled by Sartaj Aziz, advisor on foreign affairs to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, during a media briefing in Islamabad on August 12.

Three days later, the Pakistani foreign secretary called in Bambawale and handed over the letter inviting Jaishankar to visit Pakistan for talks on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute that has been the main bone of contention between India and Pakistan.
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