Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday said that Pakistan was ready for talks with India to discuss Kashmir and all other pending issues. Speaking to reporters outside the Pakistani parliament in Islamabad, Dar said, “Talks, whenever held, will be not just Kashmir but on all issues.”
Dar emphasised that Pakistan had made it clear from the outset that discussions with India would not take place on any single-point agenda. He said Pakistan had not requested any mediation but was offered a meeting at a neutral venue. “We were told to sit down at a neutral location, and I said if that is the case, we are willing to meet,” he claimed.
He also accepted that he had received a call from the US for a ceasefire with India and said that he told the US that Pakistan didn’t want a war with India.
“I received a call from the US for a ceasefire,” Dar said. “I had made it clear that Pakistan did not want a war.”
