Pak, India foreign secretaries to meet on January 15: Aziz

In reply to a question in Parliament, Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz yesterday said Pakistan and India's foreign secretaries are scheduled to meet on January 15.

<o:p> </o:p>He said the two foreign secretaries will decide the time schedule of various meetings under the newly agreed "Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue".

<o:p> </o:p>Aziz said Kashmir will be part of the talks between the two countries along with several other issues.

<o:p> </o:p>Aziz' response came to a query by Pakistan Tekreek-e- Insaf party's Shireen Mazari, who wanted to know the status of dialogue after India's outgoing envoy TCA Raghavan's reported remarks that his country will only discuss PoK in talks.

<o:p> </o:p>Putting the ball squarely in Pakistan's court, India has linked the Foreign Secretary-level talks to Islamabad's "prompt and decisive" action on the Pathankot terror attack for which it has provided "actionable intelligence".

<o:p> </o:p>Uncertainty prevails on talks scheduled for January 15 in Islamabad between Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry following the terror strike on the Pathankot air base which originated from Pakistan.