India-pakistan Nsa-level Talks

Unlike Pakistan, India has chosen to downplay the exchange between its National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Pakistani counterpart General Nasser Khan Janjua, who spoke to each other yesterday.

The United States is not running or convening any talks between India and Pakistan with respect to counter-terrorism, a State Department official has said welcoming the latest series of talks between the two countries to resolve their bilateral issues.

The United States has welcomed the weekend NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan in Bangkok observing that "normalisation" of relations between the two neighbours is vital to both countries and the region.

Congress today said the talks between the National Security Advisors (NSA) of India and Pakistan in Bangkok do not inspire "great enthusiasm" against the backdrop of a series of flip-flops since the Modi government came to power in May last year.

Congress today termed the secret meeting of National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan in Bangkok as a "grand betrayal" of the Modi government and reflection of "flip-flops" over its Pakistan policy.

Expressing disappointment over the cancellation of NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan, the US has said it would just encourage the two countries to resume a formal dialogue soon.

Two days after a scheduled meeting between the national security advisers of Pakistan and India was called off, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said any dialogue between the two countries without the Kashmir dispute figuring will be pointless.

Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz has accused India of acting like a regional superpower, alleging it was imposing its agenda in violation of Ufa agreement that scuttled the NSA-level talks.

Pakistan has expressed a strong desire to go ahead with the Director-General level talks agreed between the two countries, but once again, reiterated its stand on talks with separatist leaders.

After the cancellation of NSA-level talks, proposed meetings between top military officials of India and Pakistan are now unlikely, a media report said today.

Kashmiri separatist Shabir Ahmed Shah has been detained after he landed in Delhi to attend a reception organised by Pakistan's National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz tomorrow, as the war of words between Indian and Pakistan continues, putting the fate of NSA-level talks between both countries hanging by a thread.

India will not call off next week's talks with Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz despite the fact that he will meet with Kashmiri separatist leaders in Delhi, government sources said today. They added that India "has a surprise for Pakistan in the talks" but did not elaborate.

The NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan will take place as expected later this month, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today.

Unlike Pakistan, India has chosen to downplay the exchange between its National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Pakistani counterpart General Nasser Khan Janjua, who spoke to each other yesterday.

The United States is not running or convening any talks between India and Pakistan with respect to counter-terrorism, a State Department official has said welcoming the latest series of talks between the two countries to resolve their bilateral issues.

The United States has welcomed the weekend NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan in Bangkok observing that "normalisation" of relations between the two neighbours is vital to both countries and the region.

Congress today said the talks between the National Security Advisors (NSA) of India and Pakistan in Bangkok do not inspire "great enthusiasm" against the backdrop of a series of flip-flops since the Modi government came to power in May last year.

Congress today termed the secret meeting of National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan in Bangkok as a "grand betrayal" of the Modi government and reflection of "flip-flops" over its Pakistan policy.

Expressing disappointment over the cancellation of NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan, the US has said it would just encourage the two countries to resume a formal dialogue soon.

Two days after a scheduled meeting between the national security advisers of Pakistan and India was called off, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said any dialogue between the two countries without the Kashmir dispute figuring will be pointless.

Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz has accused India of acting like a regional superpower, alleging it was imposing its agenda in violation of Ufa agreement that scuttled the NSA-level talks.

Pakistan has expressed a strong desire to go ahead with the Director-General level talks agreed between the two countries, but once again, reiterated its stand on talks with separatist leaders.

After the cancellation of NSA-level talks, proposed meetings between top military officials of India and Pakistan are now unlikely, a media report said today.

Kashmiri separatist Shabir Ahmed Shah has been detained after he landed in Delhi to attend a reception organised by Pakistan's National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz tomorrow, as the war of words between Indian and Pakistan continues, putting the fate of NSA-level talks between both countries hanging by a thread.

India will not call off next week's talks with Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz despite the fact that he will meet with Kashmiri separatist leaders in Delhi, government sources said today. They added that India "has a surprise for Pakistan in the talks" but did not elaborate.

The NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan will take place as expected later this month, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today.