KOLKATA – India has responded over the peace offer made by the PrimeMinister of Pakistan Imran Khan.
The Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has opened a window for talks, theIndian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ajay Bisaria, said on Saturday.
He,however, maintained that India is “filled with cautious hope”.
The high commissioner said India is pushing hard on the humanitariangrounds for the release of prisoners of the two countries in each other’sjails. “The bilateral relations received a setback after the (terrorist)Pathankot and Uri attacks.
But after the new government came to Pakistan, a new political window hasopened up and we are filled with a cautious hope,” he said at the IndianInstitute of Management, Calcutta here.
Bisaria, who is an alumnus of the institute, said the Indian governmenthopes the ceasefire would prevail at the international border, which isnecessary for the bilateral conversation to begin.
“Both the prime ministers (Narendra Modi and Imran Khan) had conversationsover phone which were very positive,” he said.
Noting that the relations between India and Pakistan solely rest on theissue of terrorism, he said: “Terrorism is the deal-breaker. What isimportant is a bilateral conversation. That will happen when terrorismends.”