The Minister also quoted Pakistan Prime Minister’s adviser on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz who had said, “Pakistan has been maintaining the stock of its nuclear arms at a minimum deterrence level against its conventional enemy (India)”. “Pakistan has always emphasised the need for a sustained and result oriented dialogue to discuss all issues, resolve outstanding disputes including Kashmir and promote bilateral cooperation with India”, he said.
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Information Minister Pervez Rashid said that there is no possibility in having secret meeting with each other for the leaders of both the countries as leaders move with tight schedule. Party says PM showed huge tolerance in being so humble with PM of a country whose terrorists want to destroy IndiaIn a sarcastic attack on prime minister Narendra Modi for shaking hands with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the climate summit at Paris, the Shiv Sena said Modi had showed “immense tolerance” through his act.
In response to a report published by The Hindu that Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit two weeks prior to the meeting in Paris between Prime Minister Sharif and Prime Minister Modi, Khalilullah said he would not comment on the Indian media reports.
Answering a question on ISIS, the Spokesman said Daesh is a terrorist outfit and there are no footprints of it in Pakistan.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is expected to pay an official visit to Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital on December 9 to attend a ministerial level event on Afghanistan.
“The aim of Heart of Asia Conference is to counter the dangers posed by terrorism, drugs, poverty and extremism”, he said. We have also been extending cooperation to the global community in eliminating terrorism.
As for Pakistan, Singh stated India was prepared to deal with all excellent bilateral points by means of peaceable means.
He strongly condemned terrorists incident in Tunisia on 24th of last month in which fourteen precious lives of security personnel lost.
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To a question, he regretted the statement made by Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan in the wake of Sharif-Modi meeting in Paris, saying, “it is against the diplomatic norms for an Ambassador to try to undermine relations of his host country with a third country”. He said there were about 2,300 waiting deportation in various detention centres in Saudi Arabia. “However, we have noted that Taliban spokesperson has denied that any such firefight took place”.
