Ignoring India’s offer to hold talks on cross-border terrorism, Pakistan on Friday invited Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar to Islamabad by the end of this month to discuss Kashmir dispute “as per the U.N. Security Council Resolutions.”
Upping the ante, it called for an immediate end to “human rights violations in Kashmir” and sought permission for Pakistani doctors and paramedics to travel to the State.
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman said its Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry had given a reply to Mr. Jaishankar’s proposal for talks on cross-border terror. The reply was handed over to Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambwale by Mr. Chaudhry in Islamabad.
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The spokesperson said the letter invited the Indian Foreign Secretary to visit “Islamabad by the end of this month to discuss the Jammu & Kashmir dispute, with a view to finding a fair and just solution, as per the United Nations Security Council resolutions and aspirations” of the people of the State.
Pakistan had on Monday invited India for talks on Kashmir, saying it was the “international obligation” of both the countries to resolve the issue.
India had on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s proposal to hold Foreign Secretary-level talks on Kashmir.
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