Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in a letter to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Friday said Islamabad wants talks with New Delhi to resolve all reconcilable problems, including the Kashmir issue, according to a media report, a day after India said there will be no bilateral meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Bishkek.
In a letter to Modi congratulating him on his second term asthe prime minister of India, Khan said talks between the two nations were theonly solution to help both countries’ people overcome poverty and that it wasimportant to work together for regional development, the Geo TV reported.
Khan said Pakistan desires the resolution of all problems,including that of the Kashmir issue, it said.
This is the second time after Modi was re-elected to powerthat the Pakistani premier has expressed his desire to work together with Indiafor the betterment of their peoples.
On May 26, breaking the ice in bilateral ties, Khan spoke toModi congratulating him on the massive electoral victory in the generalelections and expressing his desire to work with him towards the advancing theobjective of peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia.
Modi on his part called for creating trust and an environmentfree of violence and terrorism for fostering peace and prosperity in theregion.
India has rejected Pakistan’s offer of talks, maintainingthat terror and talks cannot go together.No bilateral meeting has been planned betweenPrime Minister Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Khan on the sidelines of theSCO Summit in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, the External Affairs Ministry saidon Thursday in New Delhi.