ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan wants to establish good relations with India on the basis of sovereign equality and mutual respect.
His remarks came while talking to Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit in Islamabad on Wednesday.
The High Commissioner briefed the prime minister on the state of Pakistan-India relations with particular reference to latest developments.
The Special Assistant to Prime Minister Syed Tariq Fatemi on Foreign Affairs was also present at the meeting.
Earlier on Tuesday in a statement, the Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz said that Nawaz Sharif’s vision envisages improved relations with all its neighbors including India.
The advisor said that Pakistan’s policy all along has been that all outstanding disputes particularly the dispute of Jammu and Kashmir should be resolved through dialogue.
“Pakistan believes in a sustained, comprehensive and result-oriented dialogue,” Sartaj Aziz said.
