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However the country to underline its peaceful position pledged to cut 300,000 troops from the 2.3 million strong People’s Liberation Army.

However he blamed the centre along with the state government for interfering with the NSA-level talks by holding up the separatist leaders ahead of their meeting.

“We were encouraged by the early constructive interaction between the leaders of India and Pakistan earlier this year”, in Russian Federation, State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters Monday.

Canada’s three main political leaders traded accusations of fiscal recklessness and promises of budget prudence Wednesday as the health of the economy dominated the federal election campaign for a third straight day.

In a statement, the State Department said, “We are disappointed the talks will not happen this weekend and encourage India and Pakistan to resume formal dialogue soon”.

The minister said the meetings plan had been agreed by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif when they met in the Russian city of Ufa last month.

Pakistan’s argument that it had been agreed at the meeting at Ufa between the prime ministers of both countries that modalities for discussing Kashmir and other outstanding problems would be on the agenda for talks between the NSAs were dismissed by Swaraj.

Following last-minute scuttling of talks between the national security advisers of Pakistan and India, proposed meetings between senior military officials of the two countries are now unlikely senior Pakistani officials said. The Pakistan government cancelled the planned meeting...

Pakistan’s national security adviser insisted yesterday that he was ready to travel to New Delhi for talks with his Indian counterpart despite a row between the arch-rivals over his planned meeting with Kashmiri separatist leaders.

Originally planned as an all-leaders debate to be held in Toronto and broadcast nationally, Up for Debate had to turn to Plan B once it became clear that neither Conservative Leader Stephen Harper nor NDP Leader Tom Mulcair would attend, essentially dooming the event. To achieve...

“These are issues for the two to resolve together, and that’s what we continue to encourage is a resumption of dialogue between the leaders of both India and Pakistan”, he said.

Noting that “extraneous” issues are being used to throw spanner in the process of talks, he said that the exercise is being exploited by those who influence border issues in Pakistan against India.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is promising to restore a system of lifetime pensions for veterans in an attempt to win support from angry ex-soldiers, usually drawn to the Conservatives.

The Pakistan High Commission’s invitation to Geelani and other separatist leaders to meet Aziz has upset New Delhi but Pakistan has stuck to the line that such meetings were “routine”.

On the anniversary of Jack Layton’s death, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair promised to run a positive campaign despite attacks from his rivals that he called a sign of desperation.