NEW DELHI: Welcoming the action taken by Islamabad against the Jaish-e-Mohammad on the Pathankot terror attack, India today said the Foreign Secretary-level talks, which were to be held with Pakistan tomorrow, will now take place in the very near future.
Announcing this here, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup said Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary and both had agreed to reschedule their talks.
Mr Swarup also welcomed the proposal of Pakistan to send a Special Investigation Team to Pathankot to probe the terror attack, ”India was looking forward to the arrival of the probe team and assured of Indian agencies full cooperation with it.”
After the Pathankot attack, New Delhi had told Pakistan that the Foreign Secretaries’ talks would depend on the action taken by it to bring the culprits to book.
Responding to a questioner, Mr Swarup said the comprehensive dialogue between the two nations had not been put on hold and the two Foreign Secretaries would discuss the modalities of the resuming the talks. (AGENCIES)