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Pakistan-India security advisers meeting proposed for Aug 23

ISLAMABAD: New Delhi has suggested August 23–24 as proposed dates for a meeting in New Delhi between Pakistan's National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz and his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval.

Pakistan has so far not confirmed any dates for the NSA-level meeting, but Foreign Office is expected to formally reply to the Indian proposal by the second week of August.

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By GEO ENGLISH
August 02, 2015
ISLAMABAD: New Delhi has suggested August 23–24 as proposed dates for a meeting in New Delhi between Pakistan's National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz and his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval.

Pakistan has so far not confirmed any dates for the NSA-level meeting, but Foreign Office is expected to formally reply to the Indian proposal by the second week of August.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) meeting on July 10 in Ufa where both sides agreed to have a series of meetings including one between the national security advisers to discuss all issues related to terrorism.

On Saturday, Pakistan said that it is monitoring the situation on the Line of Control and Working Boundary as well as assessing provocative statements from New Delhi in the wake of the Gurdaspur terrorist attack, and will decide in a few days whether to accept the dates proposed by Delhi.

A senior Pakistani diplomat involved in the process confirmed to The News that Pakistan had received the proposal from New Delhi.

“Yes we have received the proposal from the Government of India but right now we are monitoring the situation and our response will depend on how the situation evolves in the coming days. We have not confirmed these dates but give us a few days to decide”, the diplomat said.