Foreign Secretary Level Talks

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".

In clear signs of new stress points with Pakistan, India has said that "There is no mutually convenient date for Foreign Secretary-level talks so far."

Denying that he had told a newspaper that the Foreign Secretary level talks with Pakistan were cancelled, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval today told NDTV that talks would take place "only if Pakistan takes action" against those behind the Pathankot terror attack.

Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet on January 14-15 to prepare a schedule of meeting for the comprehensive dialogue, Pakistan's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said even as he cautioned against "unrealistic expectations" from the talks.

Pakistan has proposed to India middle of January for talks between the foreign secretaries of the two sides, said a top Pakistani diplomat today.

I'm disappointed that I was right about what the Modi government's tough stand on the Hurriyat meant for the future of any India-Pakistan dialogue. I had argued (when the Foreign Secretary level talks were called off over a Pakistani invitation to the Hurriyat in 2014) that to make Pakistan-Hurriyat engagement the reason for calling off official go...

In a significant breakthrough, India and Pakistan today discussed ways to resume the stalled dialogue process, sources have told NDTV. Officials say the idea is to move ahead step by step without giving any time frame.

Pakistan today asserted that it will continue meeting Kashmir's separatists as and when we consider ncessary.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that India was disappointed that Pakistan sought to make a spectacle of foreign secretary level talks scheduled between the two countries and went ahead with talks with secessionist elements.

With New Delhi cancelling foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan after its envoy, Abdul Basit, met separatists, BJP's Ram Madhav tells NDTV that the Pakistan policy should be realistic and not romantic.

With India calling off Foreign Secretary level talks with Pakistan, uncertainty now looms large over resumption of trade dialogue between the two countries.

India today called off foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan scheduled next week, sending out a strong message that its envoy's engagement with Kashmiri separatist leaders was unacceptable.

India today called off foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan with just a week to go, sending out a "clear and unambiguous message" that its envoy's engagement with Kashmiri separatist leaders was unacceptable.

Ahead of the foreign secretary - level talks between India and Pakistan, the Congress today reminded the Narendra Modi government that talks and terror cannot go hand-in-hand and urged the prime minister to come clear on his policy for Pakistan.

The two-day foreign secretary level talks between India and Pakistan have ended. Terror and the arrest of 26/11 terrorist Abu Jundal dominated discussions yesterday.

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".

In clear signs of new stress points with Pakistan, India has said that "There is no mutually convenient date for Foreign Secretary-level talks so far."

Denying that he had told a newspaper that the Foreign Secretary level talks with Pakistan were cancelled, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval today told NDTV that talks would take place "only if Pakistan takes action" against those behind the Pathankot terror attack.

Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet on January 14-15 to prepare a schedule of meeting for the comprehensive dialogue, Pakistan's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said even as he cautioned against "unrealistic expectations" from the talks.

Pakistan has proposed to India middle of January for talks between the foreign secretaries of the two sides, said a top Pakistani diplomat today.

I'm disappointed that I was right about what the Modi government's tough stand on the Hurriyat meant for the future of any India-Pakistan dialogue. I had argued (when the Foreign Secretary level talks were called off over a Pakistani invitation to the Hurriyat in 2014) that to make Pakistan-Hurriyat engagement the reason for calling off official go...

In a significant breakthrough, India and Pakistan today discussed ways to resume the stalled dialogue process, sources have told NDTV. Officials say the idea is to move ahead step by step without giving any time frame.

Pakistan today asserted that it will continue meeting Kashmir's separatists as and when we consider ncessary.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that India was disappointed that Pakistan sought to make a spectacle of foreign secretary level talks scheduled between the two countries and went ahead with talks with secessionist elements.

With New Delhi cancelling foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan after its envoy, Abdul Basit, met separatists, BJP's Ram Madhav tells NDTV that the Pakistan policy should be realistic and not romantic.

With India calling off Foreign Secretary level talks with Pakistan, uncertainty now looms large over resumption of trade dialogue between the two countries.

India today called off foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan scheduled next week, sending out a strong message that its envoy's engagement with Kashmiri separatist leaders was unacceptable.

India today called off foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan with just a week to go, sending out a "clear and unambiguous message" that its envoy's engagement with Kashmiri separatist leaders was unacceptable.

Ahead of the foreign secretary - level talks between India and Pakistan, the Congress today reminded the Narendra Modi government that talks and terror cannot go hand-in-hand and urged the prime minister to come clear on his policy for Pakistan.

The two-day foreign secretary level talks between India and Pakistan have ended. Terror and the arrest of 26/11 terrorist Abu Jundal dominated discussions yesterday.