EAM likely to visit Pakistan next month

New Delhi, Nov 15 (UNI) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to visit Pakistan next month while the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries will meet in February in Islamabad to launch the next round of the Composite Dialogue Process.

Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said at a press conference after his talks with his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammad Khan that no dates had, however, been decided yet.

''No dates have been decided for the Minister's visit to Pakistan. But he will definitely go,'' Mr Menon said in reply to a question.

A senior official said the Minister was likely to go to Pakistan next month.

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