Pakistan makes a pitch for resuming talks

Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit says it would be essential to build on past work and take irreversible steps forward.

May 20, 2014 02:36 am | Updated December 04, 2021 10:47 pm IST - NEW DELHI

Mumbai 30/04/2014  Pakistan High Commissioner, Abdul Basit at Press Club Mumbai on April 30, 2014.  Photo:  Vivek Bendre

Mumbai 30/04/2014 Pakistan High Commissioner, Abdul Basit at Press Club Mumbai on April 30, 2014. Photo: Vivek Bendre

As India prepared for a change of regime, Pakistan on Monday stressed that the two countries had no option but to talk to each other and normalise relations for their mutual benefit.

A renewed effort to pick up the dialogue process was made by Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, while hosting a delegation of the Press Club of India at the High Commission here. He said it would be essential to build on past work and take irreversible steps forward.

Referring to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s telephone call to Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi on Friday, Mr. Basit said Islamabad was committed to a result-oriented dialogue process.

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