Islamabad:
In an interview to Christiane Amanpour on ABC News's 'This Week', Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi echoed what the country's main spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) said first time in 63 years.
Qureshi stated that extremism is a greater threat to Pakistan than neighboring India.
"As far as India is concerned, yes, we have outstanding issues with India, and both sides have agreed that we can settle them through peaceful negotiations," he added.
Shedding its India-centric phobia, ISI in its new threat assessment recently determined that Islamist militants, and not India pose the main threat to Pakistan.
Pakistan's most powerful military spy service determined that it expects a majority of threats to come from Islamist militants, Wall Street Journal reported quoting a senior ISI officer.
The assessment, WSJ said, a regular review of national security allocated a two-thirds likelihood of a major threat to Pakistan coming from militants rather from India or elsewhere.
The paper said it was unclear whether the assessment of the ISI, largely staffed by active military officers, was fully endorsed by Pakistan's military and civilian government. (With PTI inputs)
Qureshi stated that extremism is a greater threat to Pakistan than neighboring India.
"As far as India is concerned, yes, we have outstanding issues with India, and both sides have agreed that we can settle them through peaceful negotiations," he added.
Shedding its India-centric phobia, ISI in its new threat assessment recently determined that Islamist militants, and not India pose the main threat to Pakistan.
Pakistan's most powerful military spy service determined that it expects a majority of threats to come from Islamist militants, Wall Street Journal reported quoting a senior ISI officer.
The assessment, WSJ said, a regular review of national security allocated a two-thirds likelihood of a major threat to Pakistan coming from militants rather from India or elsewhere.
The paper said it was unclear whether the assessment of the ISI, largely staffed by active military officers, was fully endorsed by Pakistan's military and civilian government. (With PTI inputs)
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