Pakistan has said that there should be meaningful progress in dialogue process between Pakistan and India to settle all outstanding issues including the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar said this in an interview with BBC television on Monday. He said that Pakistan wants serious and meaningful dialogue with India to settle all outstanding issues.
Riaz Khokhar said, "The dialogue process must move and there should be progress on discussions with India on all major issues including Kashmir."
He made it clear that Pakistan was sincere with India in the peace process.
"Pakistan is not shy on discussing any subject with India, and I think that it is very important that both India and Pakistan should seriously and sincerely engage in discussing all the issues," he added.
He dispelled the impression that President General Pervez Musharraf hinted at quitting from the dialogue process if India does not move forward.
When asked about recent cricket matches between the two countries, he said that there has always been a certain degree of goodwill between people of the two countries.
Responding to a question he denied any pressure on Pakistan in the war on terror, adding Pakistan was committed to flush out extremists and terrorists from its soil.