Pak wont accept preconditions to resume talks with India: Spokesman

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry has said that while it is ready to resume a composite dialogue with India,it wont accept any preconditions set by New Delhi for the process.

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The Pakistani Foreign Ministry has said that while it is ready to resume a composite dialogue with India,it wont accept any preconditions set by New Delhi for the process.

Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said in an interview to a private TV channel that Islamabad could also set a number of preconditions for starting the dialogue,but it believes in settlement of bilateral issues with India through a positive negotiation process.

The ball is in Indias court. We are ready for a proper process of composite dialogue, the Daily Times quoted Basit,as saying. He added that Pakistan shared Indias desire to resume dialogue.

Basit said that resuming a dialogue was not only in the interest of India and Pakistan,but also in the interest of South Asia. Islamabad and New Delhi should cooperate to resolve the terrorism issue,he added.

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