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India, Pakistan Agree on Timetable for Future Peace Talks
India and Pakistan have agreed to a timetable for peace talks on a set of issues, including the disputed Kashmir region, which has threatened to become a flashpoint between the two nuclear-armed rivals, a senior Pakistani official announced today (see GSN, Feb. 17). “We do have a basic roadmap for a Pakistan-India peace process to which we have both agreed,” Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar told a press conference after three days of bilateral talks ended today in Islamabad. The timetable envisions a series of mid-level meetings that would begin after Indian parliamentary elections scheduled for April, followed by a summit between Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri and Indian External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha in August, according to the Associated Press. A set of technical-level talks on several issues such as transport links between India and Pakistan will be held prior to the Indian elections, and the foreign secretaries of the two countries will meet again in May or June, Khokhar said, adding that exact dates and locations for the talks have not yet been set (Munir Ahmad, Associated Press/Washington Post, Feb. 18).
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