Islamabad: Ignoring India's offer to hold talks on cross-border terrorism, Pakistan today invited Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar to Islamabad by the end of this month to discuss Kashmir dispute "as per the UN Security Council Resolutions".
Pakistan foreign office spokesman said its foreign secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry had given a reply to Mr Jaishankar's proposal for talks on cross-border terror. The reply was handed over to Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambwale by Mr Chaudhry in Islamabad.
The spokesperson said the letter invites the Indian Foreign Secretary to visit "Islamabad by the end of this month to discuss the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, with a view to finding a fair and just solution, as per the United Nations Security Council resolutions and aspirations" of the people of the state.
Pakistan has also called for "putting an immediate end to the human rights violations against the innocent people" of Jammu and Kashmir and for providing medical facilities to the injured, "including the permission for doctors and paramedics to travel."
Earlier, Pakistan had on Monday invited India for talks on Kashmir, saying it is the "international obligation" of both the countries to resolve the issue.
However, India on Wednesday rejected Pakistan's proposal to hold Foreign Secretary-level talks on Kashmir and insisted that discussions should be held on "aspects related to cross- border terrorism which are central to the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir."
Mr Jaishankar, while expressing willingness to travel to Islamabad to discuss cross-border terrorism, had maintained that Pakistan has no locus standi in addressing any aspect of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, which is an internal matter of India, except to put an end to cross-border terrorism and infiltration.
Pakistan foreign office spokesman said its foreign secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry had given a reply to Mr Jaishankar's proposal for talks on cross-border terror. The reply was handed over to Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambwale by Mr Chaudhry in Islamabad.
The spokesperson said the letter invites the Indian Foreign Secretary to visit "Islamabad by the end of this month to discuss the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, with a view to finding a fair and just solution, as per the United Nations Security Council resolutions and aspirations" of the people of the state.
Earlier, Pakistan had on Monday invited India for talks on Kashmir, saying it is the "international obligation" of both the countries to resolve the issue.
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Mr Jaishankar, while expressing willingness to travel to Islamabad to discuss cross-border terrorism, had maintained that Pakistan has no locus standi in addressing any aspect of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, which is an internal matter of India, except to put an end to cross-border terrorism and infiltration.
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