Indo-Pak security adviser level talks in jeopardy

Pakistan on Friday asserted it would not cancel a meeting with Kashmir Hurriyat Ieaders

NEW DELHI: Security Council level talks in the middle of India and Pakistan, booked for August 23 and 24, are in a bad position as both countries came to a gridlock over Pakistan's request to hold a meeting with Kashmiri Hurriyat pioneers in New Delhi on August 23 irrespective of India's "recommendation" despite what might be expected.

As indicated by India's administration run news organization – Press Trust of India – talks were canceled by Indian powers on Friday. In any case, the news organization promptly conditioned down its talk saying that discussions were "impossible" after late advancements.

India's External Affairs Spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Friday said one-sided burden of new conditions and "bending of the concurred motivation can't be the principle for going ahead," after Pakistan authoritatively rejected India's recommendation of not holding a meeting with separatist Hurriyat pioneers in Delhi.

Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan J P Singh on Friday went to the Foreign Office and conveyed a duplicate of the announcement made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs with respect to the forthcoming talks.

"We have passed on the choice of our Ministry of External Affairs," said Singh after his appointment.

As per discretionary sources, India has requested that the Kashmir issue be dropped from the plan, and Pakistan wipe out its meeting with Hurriyat pioneers.

Reacting to India's declaration, the Foreign Office in a news discharge said: "We are profoundly baffled at the announcement of the representative of India's Ministry of External Affairs, advancing pre-conditions for authority converses with occur with Pakistan at the level of the National Security Advisers."

The Foreign Office said Pakistan's welcome to the Kashmiri Hurriyat administration to a assembly out of appreciation for the Sartaj Aziz on August 23 was a "built up practice and custom" and "sees no motivation to leave from it."

"All things considered, the Kashmiri Hurriyat pioneers are certified partners in activities to locate an enduring arrangement of the Kashmir debate."

Pakistan said India's refusal to take part in converses with Pakistan on this appearance was a rehash of what it did when it scratched off outside secretary level talks in August a year ago. "This is the 2nd time that India has decided to backtrack on a choice commonly settled upon between the two PMs, to take part in a far coming so as to reach dialog, up with pointless guises," said the FO articulate