India misinterpreted Ufa agreement, regretful if talks cancelled: Aziz

While Sushma in her press conference in New Delhi clearly denied to talk over Kashmir issue terming the dialogues not ‘Composite’.

Participating in a news conference here with NSA Sartaj Aziz, Chaudhry said, Unfortunate that in the past two months, more than 100 ceasefire violations have taken place, resulting in many casualties on the Pakistan side.

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has said that it hoped that India will allow Kashmiri leaders to meet with Aziz in New Delhi. But Pakistan is unwilling to relent.

Sartaj Aziz also rejected the Indian assertion that Pakistan has imposed new conditions for the talks.

The meeting between the two countries’ security advisers was supposed to signal the resumption of talks between India and Pakistan. Aziz, asserts Kashmir is very much part of agenda as agreed in Ufa.

Swarup also said India had sought a confirmation of the agenda for the talks from Pakistan. This was the only agenda set for them by the two Prime Ministers.

An online survey by Dawn.com suggested that a majority of people felt that the opportunity of a meeting between the NSAs of the two countries should be availed at all cost, and must not be held hostage to Pakistan’s rigidity.

We will not discuss Kashmir in the NSA talks, don’t try to expand agenda.

The intimation about the timing of the meeting was conveyed to Geelani even as India declared on Friday that “unilateral imposition of new conditions and distortion of the agreed agenda can not be the basis for going forward” with the NSA level talks with Pakistan but stopped short of calling off the dialogue.

“India has advised Pakistan yesterday that it would not be appropriate for Mr Sartaz Aziz to meet with Hurriyat (separatist) representatives in India”, Foreign Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup said on Twitter. India is ready for talks.

As far as we are concerned, we are still ready to hold the talks. When they come, they meet the (Pakistan) opposition and other leaders. Hurriyat can not be a partyInstead of reducing tensions, Pakistan stepped up terrorism in India, including the Gurdaspur attack, since Ufa talksAAP MLA Surinder Singh granted bail in the alleged assault case by a Delhi court.Govt hikes minimum export price of onion to United States dollars 700 per tonne from USD 425 to check price rise.

A possible way out could have been for them to meet Sartaj Aziz after the talks on Monday.

“Pakistan sees no reason to depart from this established past practice”.

He also reiterated that peace and stability could only be achieved through resolution of Kashmir issue. “Since this coincides with the NSA-level talks, it was given a different spin by the media”, the PDP leader said. There has been a pattern to Pakistan’s actions after the Ufa Summit and today’s position is a culmination of that approach.

3 meetings were decided in Ufa, out of which one meeting was “NSA level talks” on terror.

“We never expected this meeting to lead to breakthrough. And to ensure that in future Pakistan does not step back from showing serious concern about Kashmir”.

We will carry dossiers carrying information of RAW s involvement in Pakistan, said Aziz.