Sartaj Aziz On India-pakistan Talks

Pakistan will not enter into any dialogue with India that excludes Kashmir, Pakistani Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Monday, asserting that Islamabad wants to settle all contentious issues through "result-oriented" talks.

After Delhi made it clear that Pakistan's planned execution of Indian Kulbhushan Jadhav will be considered "pre-meditated murder", newspapers in Pakistan are asking if the death sentence was too hastily announced on Monday.

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 foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan are expected to meet on January 14-15 to prepare a schedule of meeting for the comprehensive dialogue, Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Tuesday though he cautioned against "unrealistic expectations" from the talks.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz today said it would not be fair to expect much from the talks scheduled in Islamabad next month between the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will make a statement in Parliament on December 14 on the recent developments in India-Pakistan relations.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj who is on a two-day visit to Pakistan met Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

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.

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...

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has given Pakistan a midnight deadline tonight, to assure India that it will not meet the separatist Hurriyat conference and will restrict the agenda of the NSA talks on Monday only to terrorism. Mrs Swaraj addressed a press conference just hours after Pakistan's NSA Sartaj Aziz said he was ready to travel to India fo...

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 today asserted that it sticks to the commitment between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Ufa to engage in a substantive discussion on terrorism.

Talks between the Indian and Pakistani National Security Advisers on the weekend appeared to be in deep trouble on Friday as the two countries exchanged hard rhetoric. Islamabad has asserted that it will not cancel a meeting with Kashmiri separatists despite India emphasizing that it would be a deal-breaker.

Kashmiri separatists were placed under house arrest and released within two hours on Thursday as the government sent out a strong message that it would not allow them to meet with Pakistan's Sartaj Aziz, who is arriving in India for talks on Sunday. "If Sartaj Aziz wants to call off talks, so be it," sources told NDTV. Pakistan has firmly refused t...

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday ridiculed the government for placing three Kashmiri separatists under house arrest this morning and releasing them soon after, ahead of National Security Advisor-level talks between India and Pakistan.

Pakistan will not enter into any dialogue with India that excludes Kashmir, Pakistani Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Monday, asserting that Islamabad wants to settle all contentious issues through "result-oriented" talks.

After Delhi made it clear that Pakistan's planned execution of Indian Kulbhushan Jadhav will be considered "pre-meditated murder", newspapers in Pakistan are asking if the death sentence was too hastily announced on Monday.

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 foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan are expected to meet on January 14-15 to prepare a schedule of meeting for the comprehensive dialogue, Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Tuesday though he cautioned against "unrealistic expectations" from the talks.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz today said it would not be fair to expect much from the talks scheduled in Islamabad next month between the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will make a statement in Parliament on December 14 on the recent developments in India-Pakistan relations.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj who is on a two-day visit to Pakistan met Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

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.

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...

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has given Pakistan a midnight deadline tonight, to assure India that it will not meet the separatist Hurriyat conference and will restrict the agenda of the NSA talks on Monday only to terrorism. Mrs Swaraj addressed a press conference just hours after Pakistan's NSA Sartaj Aziz said he was ready to travel to India fo...

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 today asserted that it sticks to the commitment between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Ufa to engage in a substantive discussion on terrorism.

Talks between the Indian and Pakistani National Security Advisers on the weekend appeared to be in deep trouble on Friday as the two countries exchanged hard rhetoric. Islamabad has asserted that it will not cancel a meeting with Kashmiri separatists despite India emphasizing that it would be a deal-breaker.

Kashmiri separatists were placed under house arrest and released within two hours on Thursday as the government sent out a strong message that it would not allow them to meet with Pakistan's Sartaj Aziz, who is arriving in India for talks on Sunday. "If Sartaj Aziz wants to call off talks, so be it," sources told NDTV. Pakistan has firmly refused t...

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday ridiculed the government for placing three Kashmiri separatists under house arrest this morning and releasing them soon after, ahead of National Security Advisor-level talks between India and Pakistan.