India Pakistan Dialogue

S Jaishankar, who is in Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO Summit being hosted by Islamabad, had a brief interaction with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today at an official dinner held for all the summit attendees.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said India is ready to start dialogue with Pakistan if the neighbouring country stops sponsoring terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has signalled a distinct change in the government's Pakistan policy, stating "the era of uninterrupted dialogue... is over" but stressing New Delhi stands ready to react to developments "positive or negative".

National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Friday said he hoped leaders of India and Pakistan would create an atmosphere for dialogue and resolve mutual concerns and issues.

Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has come under fire after an old interview of his went viral where he said that India should engage in dialogue with Pakistan or the country could end up paying a heavy price.

The US has encouraged India and Pakistan to avoid escalation and find a resolution through dialogue, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have underlined the importance of dialogue between Islamabad and New Delhi to resolve their "outstanding issues", especially the Kashmir issue.

India has made "irrelevant" Pakistan's policy of using cross-border terrorism to bring it to the table for dialogue, S Jaishankar has said and noted that New Delhi will not deal with them till "the practice of terrorism is is deemed as legitimate".

Criticising the Narendra Modi government for not talking to Pakistan to resolve disputes, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah today said that unless dialogue begins, "we may meet the same fate as Gaza".

In a veiled message to Pakistan, India and the US on Friday reiterated their condemnation of the 26/11 Mumbai attack and the Pathankot strike and called for bringing the perpetrators to justice.

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said India and Pakistan will have to come to the dialogue table if they want to end bloodshed and find lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir.

Batting for resumption of dialogue with Pakistan, diplomat-turned-politician Mani Shankar Aiyar says India won't be able to take its due place in the world as long as its western neighbour is an "albatross around our necks''.

The US supports direct dialogue between India and Pakistan on issues of concern, a senior Biden administration official has said.

The United States supports direct dialogue between India and Pakistan, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

The United States supports a constructive dialogue and meaningful conversation between India and Pakistan, the Biden administration said Thursday reiterating that it's for New Delhi and Islamabad to decide on the nature of that dialogue.

S Jaishankar, who is in Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO Summit being hosted by Islamabad, had a brief interaction with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today at an official dinner held for all the summit attendees.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said India is ready to start dialogue with Pakistan if the neighbouring country stops sponsoring terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has signalled a distinct change in the government's Pakistan policy, stating "the era of uninterrupted dialogue... is over" but stressing New Delhi stands ready to react to developments "positive or negative".

National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Friday said he hoped leaders of India and Pakistan would create an atmosphere for dialogue and resolve mutual concerns and issues.

Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has come under fire after an old interview of his went viral where he said that India should engage in dialogue with Pakistan or the country could end up paying a heavy price.

The US has encouraged India and Pakistan to avoid escalation and find a resolution through dialogue, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have underlined the importance of dialogue between Islamabad and New Delhi to resolve their "outstanding issues", especially the Kashmir issue.

India has made "irrelevant" Pakistan's policy of using cross-border terrorism to bring it to the table for dialogue, S Jaishankar has said and noted that New Delhi will not deal with them till "the practice of terrorism is is deemed as legitimate".

Criticising the Narendra Modi government for not talking to Pakistan to resolve disputes, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah today said that unless dialogue begins, "we may meet the same fate as Gaza".

In a veiled message to Pakistan, India and the US on Friday reiterated their condemnation of the 26/11 Mumbai attack and the Pathankot strike and called for bringing the perpetrators to justice.

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said India and Pakistan will have to come to the dialogue table if they want to end bloodshed and find lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir.

Batting for resumption of dialogue with Pakistan, diplomat-turned-politician Mani Shankar Aiyar says India won't be able to take its due place in the world as long as its western neighbour is an "albatross around our necks''.

The US supports direct dialogue between India and Pakistan on issues of concern, a senior Biden administration official has said.

The United States supports direct dialogue between India and Pakistan, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

The United States supports a constructive dialogue and meaningful conversation between India and Pakistan, the Biden administration said Thursday reiterating that it's for New Delhi and Islamabad to decide on the nature of that dialogue.