Ahead of talks, Nawaz Sharif tells NDTV 'Manmohan Singh is a good man'

United Nations: In an exclusive interview to NDTV ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif said the terror strike in Jammu is extremely unfortunate, but the dialogue process between the two neighbours should not be derailed.

Following are the highlights of his interview:

• This is my first meeting with Manmohan Singh and I'm looking forward to it immensely
• Manmohan Singh is a good man
  
• Our two countries need to pick up the threads that were broken in 1999
• The terror strike in Jammu is extremely unfortunate and we condemn it in absolute terms
• Increased tensions along the line of control a matter of concern
• We condemn the terror attacks but the dialogue process should not be derailed
• We will propose a joint mechanism or an independent mechanism to monitor what's happening along the Line of Control
• One option is to have two foreign secretaries and DGMOs meet separately on LoC tensions
• I will renew my invite to PM to visit Pakistan. His visit is long overdue
• The nuclear arms race in South Asia needs to end. How long will our countries be trapped by this?
• Why should we be wasting money on F16s in a competitive arms race?