FS-level talks : Pakistan says Kashmir core issue, but wants peaceful relations with India
Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar met his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry and the two discussed several bilateral issues.
The meeting was the first Foreign Secretary-level talks after the terror attack at the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot in January.
Reports said while calling Kashmir a "core issue", Pakistan reiterated its commitment for peaceful ties with India. After the meeting the Pakistani side said its Foreign Secretary "emphasised that Kashmir remains the core issue that requires a just solution in accordance with UNSC resolutions and wishes of Kashmiri people".
Jaishankar was scheduled to travel to Islamabad to hold talks with Chaudhary on January 15, but the efforts to hold talks hit a deadlock after the attack on Pathankot air base that India said was carried out by terrorists from Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror group.
India has been pressing for action against terrorists responsible for the attack on the Pathankot IAF base, to take the talks forward.
Both the countries had announced deferment of the talks with "mutual consent" in the wake of the Pathankot attack.
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