Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit has said that India has wasted one year by discontinuing talks with Pakistan. Talking to a private news channel on Monday, the FO spokesman said it was still not clear what India wanted. There were no chances of a meeting between Pakistani and Indian Prime Ministers in near future, he added.
He said the Indian proposal for resuming secretary-level talks was appreciable in the current situation. A number of issues including Kashmir dispute, water, terrorism and bilateral trade would come under discussion during the upcoming meeting between the secretaries of both countries. Moreover, Indian involvement in Fata and Balochistan would also be discussed.
However, no conditions had been set for the dialogue, he added. Basit said Pakistan was not hesitant in solving terror related issues, However, Kashmir dispute would have to be resolved for absolute peace in the region. To a question, he said a major change had been observed in the US policy for Pakistan. The American people also wanted an end to drone strikes.
To another question he termed the statement of Indian Minister Krishna a positive step for composite dialogue and said terrorism was a global and regional phenomena and also a big challenge for world. For resolution of this issue we needed cooperation of all regional countries.