Islamabad, July 28: Pakistan is prepared to work with sincerity to open a “new chapter in improving relations” with India and the two sides should share credible information to counter possible future terrorist threats, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday.
Briefing the cabinet on his recent meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, Mr. Gilani said Pakistan is “ready to work with India with full commitment and sincerity towards opening of a new chapter in improving relations between the two countries”.
The joint statement issued after the meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh “acknowledges that dialogue is the only way forward” and stresses the need to “share real-time, credible and actionable information to counter any possible future terrorist threats”, he noted.
Describing the results of the meeting as “a major breakthrough,” he praised his Indian counterpart, saying: “I hold Dr Manmohan Sign in high esteem and respect and consider him a statesman with the vision of peace and prosperity.”
He said he had told Dr. Singh about the need to resume the stalled composite dialogue process in order to resolve all outstanding issues.
“I underlined the importance of the early resumption of the composite dialogue process and Pakistan believed in the imperative of moving forward this process for confidence- building which was the pre-requisite for resolution of all outstanding issues,” he said.
–PTI