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Pakistan, India diplomats to meet in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD : The top diplomats of Pakistan and India will meet in Islamabad next week to discuss Indian occupied Ka
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The two countries in February announced the resumption of peace talks after a meeting between Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and his Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu.
"Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet in Islamabad on June 23 and 24," foreign ministry spokeswoman Tehmina Janjua said in a statement.
They will discuss "peace and security, including confidence building measures, Jammu and Kashmir, and promotion of friendly exchanges", the statement said.
The international community has been pushing the two sides to get back to the negotiating table to help ease tensions in an already volatile region.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011