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

Foreign Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said that Pakistan’s stand on the talks clearly violates the agreement signed between the two nations way back in 1998.

“Pakistan, therefore, reiterates that the scheduled NSA level talks can not be held on the basis of the preconditions set by India”.

Pakistan said it wanted a dialogue without any precondition.

But Pakistan is unwilling to relent. Hours before the talks were to begin, Pakistan said the terms India said were non-negotiable – no involving the Hurriyat in the talks and to accept by midnight on Saturday that Kashmir would be off the agenda – were not acceptable.

Pakistan’s Sartaz Aziz is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi to meet India’s national security adviser Ajit Doval on Sunday, just as both countries have upped their rhetoric over the disputed region of Kashmir.

A Pakistani newspaper reported that Pakistan will stress on laying out a counter terrorism mechanism during the talks.

Ahead of Pak-India dialogues on August 23, India said on 21 that it has requested Pakistan to avoid meeting Hurriyat leaders. He would much rather be known as the tough Indian PM who showed the separatist Hurriyat leaders their place. Pakistan, however, insists that Aziz plans to...

But neither side was formally calling off the talks. “New Delhi will never get the permanent seat of UN Security Council unless it recognizes the resolutions passed by the World Body about Kashmir dispute and implements them in letter and spirit”, he added. (Indo-Pak)...

However, both sides have repeatedly accused each other of violating the truce.

But Pakistan is unwilling to relent.

He said even George Fernandes, former associate of Nitish Kumar, and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, were not treated well by him even though they had worked shoulder-to-shoulder with him.