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Talks with India only if Kashmir discussed: Sartaj Aziz
Islamabad, Sep 8
National Security Advisor (NSA)
Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday said Pakistan will hold talks with India only if
the Kashmir issue is also on the agenda, the media reported.
He
said the earlier NSA-level talks with India were cancelled due to the
inflexibility shown by India, as no dialogue with India can be
successful without the Kashmir issue as part of the agenda, Dawn online
reported.
"(Indian Prime Minister) Narendra Modi contested
elections on anti-Pakistan platform and now wants to dictate terms for
the dialogue with Pakistan but we will never accept this and we have
already conveyed it to New Delhi," Aziz said.
The announcement
came on the eve of a dialogue between the Director-General Pakistan
Rangers and the Indian Border Security Force chief in New Delhi on
Wednesday. He said the meeting is being held in accordance with the Ufa
declaration and will help reduce tensions along the Line of Control and
Pakistan will definitely raise the issue of 'unprovoked' Indian firing.
He
said Kashmir will be part and parcel of any agenda of talks with India
and that the international community has accepted Pakistan’s point of
view in this regard.
Aziz said that no one could dare to launch any attack inside Pakistan and if anyone did so, he would get a befitting response.
He
said that Pakistan would not be pressured by Indian threats of an
attack at any time, adding that if India even thought of attacking,
Pakistan would provide a befitting response.
The NSA also rubbished claims that Dawood Ibrahim was hiding in Pakistan.
The advisor also announced that Pakistan would present a dossier on Indian interference in the country at the UN.