Top Pakistani Official Plans To Visit India

Sartaj Aziz, the National Security Adviser (NSA) of Pakistan, has hinted that he may visit India soon to "normalise" ties.

Aziz recently told the local media in Islamabad that he decided to attend the Heart of Asia conference in northern Indian city of Amritsar on December 3, saying that main aim of his visit would be to "defuse the tension" between the two South Asian neighbours. "It's a good opportunity to defuse the tension," stressed the NSA.

According to Aziz, it is unfortunate that terrorist attacks on an Indian Army base in Kashmir's Uri District derailed the bilateral peace process in September. He informed the Narendra Modi government in New Delhi though the media that Islamabad was ready to take necessary steps in order to normalise ties with its eastern neighbour. At the same time, the senior Pakistani official urged India to respond positively and resume the...

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