Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri said the dialogue process between India and Pakistan would hopefully start in February as per schedule.
He was talking to journalists after the award giving ceremony of second Pre-Posting Orientation Course for spouses of foreign diplomats held at Foreign Services Academy here on Thursday.
Kasuri said that his Indian counterpart Yashwant Sinha had also expressed hope that the dialogue process would start as per the schedule.
To a question, he said that issues of mutual interests and evaluating circumstances for establishing conducive environment for the masses would be top priority of the talks agenda.