Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan’s advisor to the prime minister on foreign and security issues, on Monday said there will be no talks with India without Kashmir on the agenda.
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Saturday, the government decided to cancel the planned meeting of national security advisers with India, citing New Delhi’s refusal to allow an expanded agenda and a meeting with Kashmiri leaders.
Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz s accused “Modi’s India” of acting like a regional superpower and said that Pakistan is a nuclear-armed nation and knows how to defend itself.
The two sides are expected to meet in New Delhi to discuss the situation on the Line of Control and the worldwide boundary between India and Pakistan.
Aziz said Pakistan was not responsible for the cancellation of the first-ever NSA-level talks. “As we’ve said, the issues are important; we recognize that”.
Aziz said he will exchange the dossiers of Indian spy agency Research and Analyses Wing’s involvement with Pakistan, even if he doesn’t get a chance for a meeting with Doval.
Swaraj was right as in the Ufa statement it is very clearly stated: “Both leaders condemned terrorism in all its forms and agreed to cooperate with each other to eliminate this menace from South Asia”.
Pakistan earlier said it was never expecting the talks to lead to any breakthrough and the objective was only to reduce tensions between the neighbours.
“It is now clear that Pakistan doies not want talks on terrorism”, Singh told reporters at the backdrop of a function held a here on Sunday.
FO Spokesperson says terrorism issue is part of composite dialogue and can not be separated from other issues. How does refusing to talk to Pakistan address any of the concerns that India has? So, India should have had made it clear (in advance) that the NSA-level talks would not take place if Pakistan held talks with separatists. Asked about the possibility of talks between Secretary of State John Kerry and his Indian and Pakistani counterparts during the UN General Assembly session next month, Kirby declined to give a definitive answer.
“It is unfortunate that Pak has called off talks, India wanted to have talks”, he added.
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“We have come to the conclusion that the proposed NSA-level talks between the two countries would not serve any objective, if conducted on the basis of the two conditions laid down by the minister”, it said in a statement. India and Pakistan have fought two wars over their competing claims to Kashmir, and each administers part of it.
