ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan-India foreign secretary level talks will be held in February this year, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit said in an interview, adding that there is no reason to suspend the talks between the two countries.
The secretary level talks between the two nuclear- armed neighbours were scheduled in mid-January but were postponed mutually by government of both the countries following the terrorist on Pathankot Indian Air Base terror.
The Pakistani envoy said that action will be taken if Pakistani team found evidences of involvement of country’s individuals or organization in Pathankot attack.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office Spokesman Qazi Khalilullah told media persons in Islamabad on Thursday that Islamabad and New Delhi were in contact for the secretary level talks. He said that no dates had been finalized for the foreign secretary-level meeting of Pakistan and India, adding that the agenda would be settled later on.
The spokesman urged India to do away with practice of hurling unsubstantiated terror allegations against Pakistan. He said that such a practice underlines efforts to eliminate terrorism from the region in a collaborative manner.
Qazi Khalilullah reminded that terrorism is not only India’s problem but also that of Pakistan and the world at large.
