Pak says political crisis not to affect peace talks

Asserting that progress has been made between the two sides, he said, “Our commerce secretaries met recently and another team of experts will be meeting in Delhi on nuclear and conventional CBMs”.

Experts have made progress on ferrying goods from one country to the other on the Wagah border, he added. Kasuri, however dismissed Sharif’s recent assertions that he would accept any solution to the Kashmir issue negotiated by the current regime.

The Minister warned that a “major terrorist incident can derail the process” which underlined “the need for resolving outstanding issues”. He also pointed to the strength of dialogue that was sidelined after the judicial controversy in Pakistan.

President Musharraf surprisingly stated that Pakistan was not claiming Kashmir. Next, Pakistan foreign office spokesperson stated that it had no legal claim to Kashmir.