ISLAMABAD-
Adviser to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday declined the possibility of any breakthrough on resumption of bilateral dialogue with India, private media reported.
Talking to media at the inauguration of annual conference of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics in Islamabad, Aziz reiterated the words of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that “honour and dignity” cannot be compromised while establishing good ties with India.
He further said, “India has suspended dialogue process and now it’s their responsibility to resume it.”
Aziz also criticized the attitude of India over the resolution of Kashmir dispute.
“Over the last forty years bilateral-ism has failed on Kashmir and that’s why Pakistan wanted to engage international community on the matter,” he remarked.
Earlier in August India had cancelled the foreign secretary-level bilateral talks with Pakistan as protest of the Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit’s meeting with Hurriyat leader Shabir Shah.