ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign policy chief will visit New Delhi for security talks on August 23, he said on Thursday, in the rivals’ first attempt in months to restart talks, according to local media sources.
“I can confirm that I will be going to India on August 23,” Sartaj Aziz, adviser on foreign affairs to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, told a news conference.
Earlier this month, Aziz said India had proposed August 23 and 24 as possible dates for the crucial meeting between Pakistan and India’s national security advisers, sources further revealed.
The national security advisers’ meeting is part of the understanding reached between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit held in Ufa, Russia in July.
