"The schedule of Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj
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...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in goodjihadis and
badjihadis as a matter of national policy...
is not cast in stone and if there was an offer for talks from the host nation, then it would be accepted by Pakistain," Abdul Basit was quoted as saying.
Urging for resumption of dialogue process between the two neighbouring countries, Basit said, "We can delay talks for months or even for years. But ultimately, a solution to the problems between India and Pakistain can only come through dialogue, and therefore, both nations must sit and discuss all the issues that confront them."
While commenting on tensions at India-Pakistain border, Basit said, "Escalation along the Line of Control is not in Pakistain's as well as India's interest."
The Pakistain army is heavily deployed along the country's western borders as part of the Operation Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
and it is wrong to say that the escalation is being fuelled by Pakistain, he maintained.
"We would like that hostilities along the Line of Control (LoC) come to an end and that the 2003 ceasefire understanding is turned into a formal agreement between India and Pakistain," Basit asserted.
While commenting on the appointment of the new army chief and democratic system in Pakistain, Basit said, "Pakistain's democracy has matured in a way that the era of military coups is over. An equilibrium has been set. The voice of the people and democracy is becoming stronger. There's no question of a military coup in the future."