Islamabad (PTI): Pakistan on Thursday said terrorism and the "core issue" of Jammu and Kashmir will be high on the agenda when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi meet here next week to review the composite dialogue.

Describing terrorism as a "common threat" to the two countries, Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said there is a need to eliminate the menace from the region.

Pakistan also hoped that progress would be made during the talks on the "core issue of Jammu and Kashmir", he said.

"Pakistan desires to have friendly and good neighbourly relations with India, and a stable and prosperous South Asian region. We are committed to the peace process and seek peaceful resolution of all issues, including the Kashmir dispute," Sadiq told a weekly news briefing.

Mukherjee and Qureshi will meet here on May 21 for a ministerial-level review of the fourth round of the composite dialogue that ended in November last year. Their meeting will be preceded by consultations between the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries on May 20.

This will be the first high-level contact between the two sides since the PPP-led coalition government came to power in March. Talks will be held on the eight issues that are part of the composite dialogue process, including peace, security and confidence-building measures, the Kashmir problem, Siachen, Sir Creek, terrorism and drug trafficking and economic cooperation.