Contentious neighbors India and Pakistan are set to resume talks for the first time in three years, the two countries said Wednesday, signaling a major step forward in a peace process that has broken down several times in the past.
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India and Pakistan foreign secretaries will meet in January to thrash out the calendar and other modalities for the renewed and renamed “comprehensive bilateral dialogue” announced in Islamabad.
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“He will be coming”, Sushma told reporters when asked if Modi will visit Pakistan to attend the summit.
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He informed the House that constructive engagement between Pakistan and India would continue as the two sides had agreed to discuss peace and security, confidence building measures, Jammu and Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek, economic and commercial cooperation and counter-terrorism strategy.
At a joint press conference with Aziz, Sushma said she had a “very good meeting” with both Aziz and Sharif.
After a talk that lasted for 105 minutes, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday announced that India and Pakistan will resume composite dialogue nearly after 7 years.
Opening the “Heart of Asia” conference in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad Wednesday, President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani warned of the perils and origins of the refugee problem and the “unintended consequences” of Pakistan’s military operations.
Swaraj had earlier in the day met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
India suspended the dialogue process between the two countries after Islamist gunmen attacked the Indian city of Mumbai in November 2008, killing 166 people.
She added that India will extend its cooperation at a pace Pakistan is comfortable with. “It’s exactly what we’ve been strongly trying to encourage”, State Department Spokesman John Kirby said. They pointed out that Sharif had been in a very expansive mood during the one-hour meeting, when Swaraj called on him on Thursday.
They acknowledged the profitable talks on terrorism and safety-associated points in Bangkok by the NSAs of each the nations, and determined that the NSAs would proceed to deal with all points related to terrorism.
She also met Sharif ” s family which included four generations of his family – his mother, wife, daughter and granddaughter.
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She refused to share what she would be discussing with Pakistani leaders, but said, “What will happen during the talks will be known after meeting”.
