Pakistan’s foreign ministry also said the countries’ National Security Advisers will meet in New Delhi to discuss all issues relating to terrorism.
Advertisement
Separatist leaders were raging as the joint statement did not mention the Kashmir issue.
Of the joint statement by the two foreign secretaries – India’s S. Jaishankar and Pakistan’s Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhary – Sharma said: “I have not seen this for several years; two foreign secretaries speaking the same language and sitting on the same dais”.
According to the sources, they have indicated that Prime minister Narendra Modi will, once again, strongly raise India?s concerns on terror with Pakistan and that all outstanding issues will be brought to the table.
“It is the first time Pakistan has accepted to combat terrorism in “all its forms””, said MJ Akbar, spokesman for India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Pakistan for also joining the grouping and said the organization has the potential to promote unity in the region.
The agreement was signed Tuesday in Moscow after the meeting of the finance ministers and heads of the central banks of BRICS, the Central Bank of Russian Federation (CBR) said in a statement.
Noting that the claims of a breakthrough in today’s talks were “laughable”, he said that the policy as regards to Pakistan appeared to be “one of abrupt decisions and engaging in fits and starts”.
Mongolia, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan have SCO observer status.
Friday’s meeting was the first between the two leaders since Nawaz attended Modi’s swearing-in ceremony in May 2014. 10 The neighbours agree to discuss mechanism for facilitating religious tourism.
Pakistan says India has failed to give it crucial evidence to prosecute the organisers of that attack and has repeatedly accused Delhi of backing separatist insurgents in its unsettled south-western state of Balochistan.
“India is expected to make a statement which has depth and maturity”, he added.
Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee was the last Indian Prime Minister to visit Pakistan when he led the bus journey to Lahore in 1999.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with the President of Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin and paid thanks to him for playing his role in providing full SCO membership.
Advertisement
It will be the first time that Modi – who has a reputation as a hardline nationalist – has travelled to Pakistan since coming to power.
