NEW DELHI: As part of the ongoing secret dialogue between Pakistan and India, Pakistani National Security Advisor Lieutenant-General (Rtd) Nasser Khan Janjua and his India counterpart Ajit Doval interacted over a dedicated hotline in early October. Telephonic communication shows that the dialogue between the two NSAs has survived a series of Pakistan-India crises.
The Indian Express quoting officials familiar with the dialogue said that New Delhi has chosen to continue the dialogue, seeing it as a useful tool to manage future crises and to gauge Pakistan’s intentions on terrorism.
Doval declined to respond to questions from The Indian Express on the status of his dialogue with Janjua.
The Pakistan-India NSA-level dialogue began at a meeting in Bangkok on December 6, 2015, where the two men met along with Foreign Secretaries S Jaishankar and Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry.
Doval and Janjua continued to speak through the Pathankot Air Force base crisis