Indo-Pak peace process resumes on May 20

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi will hold parleys the next day to review the progress made in the discussions. The composite dialogue, which has made significant progress since it was launched in 2004, had been stalled for several months due to political turmoil in Pakistan.

The two sides concluded talks on respective eight issues under the fourth round of composite dialogue in October, 2007.

However, the Foreign Secretary-level talks to wrap up the fourth round of talks and launch the fifth round could not take place due to political turmoil in Pakistan.

At the upcoming meeting, the two sides will review the progress made on all the eight issues under the fourth round of composite dialogue and set the time table for the fifth round.

Mukherjee and Qureshi had last week decided that the dialogue process should be resumed at the earliest.