ISLAMABAD: Adviser on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Wednesday that India was avoiding dialogue with Pakistan because it would have to discuss all core issues, including Kashmir.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s logic about the suspension of dialogue process with Pakistan was beyond comprehension, he said, referring to a recent interview of the Indian prime minister. Sartaj said that India was running from dialogue because it would have to discuss Jammu Kashmir and other issues with Pakistan on the table.
Sartaj said that both the countries had a format of comprehensive and composite dialogue on issues like people-to-people contacts, visa and fishermen issues, trade and economic cooperation, Jammu Kashmir, Siachen and Sir Creek.
“The Indian Army has stakes in Siachen. The governments in Islamabad and New Delhi reached an agreement on this issue last time, but the Indian Army rejected it,” the Radio Pakistan quoted the adviser as saying.
