ISLAMABAD:
Adviser to Prime Minister Nawaz SHarif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, on Monday stated that Pakistan will not hold dialogue with India on their terms, further adding that without the water issue and Kashmir issue there can be no dialogue.
Speaking to media representatives in Islamabad after an inauguration of the 10th meeting of heads of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Countries, Aziz stated that Pakistan wants to maintain tension-free relations with India.
Sartaj reiterated that Pakistan will take up India’s anti-Pakistan statements with the United Nations’ Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
Last week, the Senate passed a unanimous resolution strongly condemning recent provocative statements made by the top Indian leadership, including the threat of attacks on Pakistani territory, authorities had stated.
The resolution had said that the House emphasises that Pakistan would never allow its territory to be violated by India under any pretext, and that Pakistan’s armed forces are capable of issuing a befitting response to any such incursion, reportedly.