India, Pak foreign secretaries to meet on Sep 26 in New York

Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet on September 26 in New York during
which Salman Bashir will discuss with his Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao all issues between the two countries, including terrorism and the "core issue" of Kashmir.

Foreign secretary Bashir said he will meet Rao on September 26 in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly and it will be followed by talks between foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart SM Krishna the next day.

"The Foreign secretaries meeting is being held in accordance with the decisions made during the talks between the prime ministers of Pakistan and India at Sharm el-Sheikh
in July," he said.

On the agenda for the two meetings, Bashir said, "All the issues between the two countries, including terrorism and the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir, will be discussed in these meetings."

He expressed the hope that these meetings will pave the way for the formal resumption of the stalled peace process between the two countries.

"The Foreign ministers will meet to discuss the agenda prepared by the two foreign secretaries," he said. 

"The meetings between the foreign secretaries and foreign ministers of Pakistan and India in New York are the follow-up of the summit meeting held in Sharm el-Sheikh," he told state-run APP news agency.