(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Pakistan reiterated that it is ready for talks with India but pre-conditions are not acceptable, Pakistan Foreign Office said Thursday.
Foreign Office Spokesperson, Qazi Khalilullah said, in a news briefing, that Pakistan has never shied away from talks with New Delhi.
"We have insisted for negotiations on all issues including the core dispute of Jammu and Kashmir," Khalilullah said.
The four-point initiative presented by the Prime Minister of Pakistan at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the way forward for reducing tension and resolution of outstanding disputes between Pakistan and India, he added.
Khalilullah expressed concerns over eruption of violence in India on cow slaughtering saying, "the country which claims to be a secular state should guarantee the basic rights of minorities.
Attacks on Muslims on the issue of cow slaughtering are beyond comprehension and a cause of concern for the Muslim Ummah." Condemning the occupation of Afghan territory by any group, the spokesperson strongly rejected allegations that Pakistani agencies or forces are involved in attacks in Afghanistan.
The statement by the Foreign Office came days after Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif proposed a four-point initiative to reduce tension and resolve disputes between neighboring India and Pakistan at UNGA.
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