ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is not shying away from dialogue with India and Indian Prime Minister?s logic in this regard is beyond perception, Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said.
Commenting on the recent statement of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a television interview the Advisor said it was India who does not want to come to dialogue and not Pakistan.
Indian Prime Minister on Monday pointed to the ?multiple power centres? in Pakistan to explain New Delhi?s difficulty in drawing a ?Lakshman Rekha? (red line) for talks with Pakistan.
?The first thing is that with whom in Pakistan will you decide the ?Lakshman Rekha? -- with the elected government or with other actors? So India will have to be alert and conscious all the time. There should not be any laxity and negligence,? Modi said.
?Actually, it is India which is shying away as it knows that it has to discuss the Kashmir and other issues on the dialogue table,? Sartaj Aziz said in an interview to a private news channel on Tuesday.
Sartaj Aziz said, ?We have a format of comprehensive and composite dialogue with India that includes issues like people to people contact visa and fishermen issue trade and economic cooperation and issues like Kashmir, Siachen, and Sir Creek.?
He said the Sir Creek relates to Navies of both the countries and Siachen relates to the Armies.
?Indian Army also has stakes in Siachen and when last time both the governments had reached an agreement it was the Indian Army who had rejected it.?
He said there is also a mechanism of Prime Minister to Prime Minister, Foreign Minister to Foreign Minister and Foreign Secretary to Foreign Secretary level contacts and discussion.
India should come forward and should not escape from the dialogue, he said adding that since many years it is India who is not interested in starting the dialogue process.
He said as far as the matter of the establishment is concerned all over the world the governments consult their establishments.
?We also have a mechanism of consultation?, said Aziz.
Sartaj Aziz said the excuse made by the Indian Prime Minister that with whom India should talk in Pakistan was beyond perception.
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