India, Pak FS talks conclude,resolve to sustain peace process

Islamabad, Mar 14 (UNI) India today asked Pakistan to implement the commitment made in the January 2004 Joint Statement of not allowing its territory to be used for anti-India activities even as the two countries agreed to work for sustaining the peace process.

At the two-day Foreign Secretary-level talks to launch the Fourth Round of the Composite Diaogue Process (CDP), which concluded here this afternoon, the two countries also agreed to start a truck service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad while Pakistan agreed in principle to open the Kargil-Skardu bus route.

Even though no agreement was signed during the two-day talks, the two sides agreed to conclude six pacts during the Fourth Round of the CDP for enhancing peace and security.

India reiterated the importance of maintaining an atmosphere free from terror and violence to sustain popular support to the dialogue process.

Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammed Khan XXX Picking up from Third para of DF 11, External-Overall Lead India-Pakistan.

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