NEW DELHI, Nov 9: With Pakistan Prime Minister’s Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz scheduled to land here tomorrow to take part in Asia-Europe Meeting(ASEM), India sought to underline that peace and tranquillity on the border was a pre-requisite for resumption of peace dialogue.
A bilateral meeting between Mr Aziz and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is taking place on Monday or Tuesday.
Mr Aziz has also expressed wish to meet Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. While confirming this, MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin, however, did not make it clear whether this would happen.
Replying to questions from reporters today about Mr Sartaj’s visit, Mr Akbaruddin said during the meeting between Mr Khurshid and Mr Aziz, all bilateral issues would come up for decision.
He said “the focus of the meeting will be on the outcome of the last meeting.”
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif had met in New York in September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Session and it was agreed by both sides in that meeting that peace at LoC was a must for improvement of relations between the two countries.
According to reports, the Pakistan High Commission has invited Hurriyat leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Mohammad Yasin Malik to meet Mr Aziz in New Delhi.
However,there was no official reaction available on this development so far.
Pakistan leaders have made it a point to meet separatists Kashmir leaders during their visit to India. The, then Foreign Minister Hina Rabbai Khar also met these leaders during her visit to India in July 2011. (UNI)
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