NEW DELHI:
A senior Indian official said on Saturday that talks between the national security advisers (NSA) of India and Pakistan will take place as per schedule despite tensions on the border, according to sources.
“The NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan will take place as expected later this month,” Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.
“I don’t know what is going on in the mind of the Pakistan establishment. Certainly, the government of India’s position is very clear that NSA-level talks will continue,” Sitharaman told reporters at the BJP headquarters when asked if recent incidents would affect the talks.
The NSA-level talks are expected to take place in New Delhi later this month, as a follow up to the decisions taken at a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Premier Nawaz Sharif in the Ufa city of Russia, last month, sources further added.
