The national security advisers of India and Pakistan will soon hold "ice breaking" talks to discuss all issues connected to terrorism between the two hostile South Asian neighbours.
Pakistan's National Security Adviser (NSA) Sartaz Aziz confirmed Thursday that he will travel to New Delhi to hold security talks with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Aug. 23.
"I can confirm that I'll be visiting India on August 23 for talks," Aziz told reporters on Thursday, according to The News International.
"This is not a breakthrough in terms of composite dialogue and all the issues, but at least it is an ice breaking on some issues," he further said, describing it as an "ice-breaking" move.
The upcoming NSA-level meeting is expected to focus on a range of bilateral issues, including steps to be taken to combat terrorism and extremism in the South Asian region, ANI News reported.
The high level security talks between the two nuclear armed nations come amid tensions at the Line of Control that divides the troubled Jammu and Kashmir region between the two countries, The Tribune reported. Nineteen ceasefire violations have been reported on India Pakisan border in July in which four persons were killed.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Ufa, Russia in July, had agreed for NSA-level talks to discuss outstanding issues.
The recent Gurdaspur terror attack in India by suspected terrorists from Pakistan has hiked tension between two nations, according to India Today. Pakistan has denied any role in the July 27 attack in which three gunmen laid siege to a police station in Gurdaspur district of northern Indian state of Punjab and killed seven people.
