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No environment for ‘fruitful, constructive dialogue’ with India: Pakistan Foreign Office
The Hindu
The remarks by Foreign Office spokesman Asim Iftikhar came in response to questions on ties with India during a weekly briefing on Thursday
Pakistan has ruled out any imminent talks with India due to the absence of a proper “environment” for a “fruitful, constructive dialogue”.
The remarks by Foreign Office spokesman Asim Iftikhar came in response to questions on ties with India during a weekly briefing on Thursday.
He was asked about talks in the context of overtures by the new government and the appointment of a Trade Minister in Delhi.
Mr. Iftikhar said there was a national consensus on this issue and successive governments had pursued the same policy of seeking peaceful settlement of disputes with India.
“In diplomacy, you never shut the doors,” he said.
Mr. Iftikhar said that notwithstanding Pakistan’s desire for a diplomatic resolution of disputes, “the environment for a fruitful, constructive dialogue is not there”.
India has repeatedly told Pakistan that it desires normal neighbourly relations with Islamabad in an environment free of terror, hostility, and violence. India has said the onus is on Pakistan to create an environment free of terror and hostility.
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