<div>Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz today said that he will visit India on August 23 for talks with his counterpart.<br /><br />"Yes, I can confirm it that I will be going to India on (August) 23rd for talks," he told reporters here.<br /><br />India had proposed August 23-24 for the meeting between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Aziz in New Delhi.<br />Aziz said the decision was taken after consultations.<br /><br />Officials said that the decision to attend the meeting was taken after the final nod by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who returned last night from his three-day visit to Belarus.<br /><br />The decision to hold NSA-level talks was taken when the prime ministers of the two countries met in Ufa, Russia last month on the sidelines of SCO summit.<br /><br />Last week, Aziz had said that Pakistan is preparing the agenda for talks.<br />A Foreign Office official had said that Pakistan is aware of India's agenda to highlight the issue of terrorism and planning is being done to counter it.<br /><br />The talks between NSAs of the two countries come in the backdrop of simmering tensions following two terror attacks in Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir.<br /><br />India has claimed arresting a Pakistani national for launching attack on Indian forces in Kashmir though Islamabad has denied that the attacks were perpetrated by terrorists who had infiltrated from its territory.<br /><br />Earlier, the two countries had exchanged a war of words over a "spy" drone which Pakistan alleged was being used by India for aerial photography near the Line of Control (LoC), a claim dismissed by New Delhi.<br /><br />Last week, Aziz had said that Pakistan wants a constructive, sustained, unconditional and result-oriented dialogue with India on all issues of mutual concern including the core issue of Kashmir.</div>
<div>Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz today said that he will visit India on August 23 for talks with his counterpart.<br /><br />"Yes, I can confirm it that I will be going to India on (August) 23rd for talks," he told reporters here.<br /><br />India had proposed August 23-24 for the meeting between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Aziz in New Delhi.<br />Aziz said the decision was taken after consultations.<br /><br />Officials said that the decision to attend the meeting was taken after the final nod by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who returned last night from his three-day visit to Belarus.<br /><br />The decision to hold NSA-level talks was taken when the prime ministers of the two countries met in Ufa, Russia last month on the sidelines of SCO summit.<br /><br />Last week, Aziz had said that Pakistan is preparing the agenda for talks.<br />A Foreign Office official had said that Pakistan is aware of India's agenda to highlight the issue of terrorism and planning is being done to counter it.<br /><br />The talks between NSAs of the two countries come in the backdrop of simmering tensions following two terror attacks in Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir.<br /><br />India has claimed arresting a Pakistani national for launching attack on Indian forces in Kashmir though Islamabad has denied that the attacks were perpetrated by terrorists who had infiltrated from its territory.<br /><br />Earlier, the two countries had exchanged a war of words over a "spy" drone which Pakistan alleged was being used by India for aerial photography near the Line of Control (LoC), a claim dismissed by New Delhi.<br /><br />Last week, Aziz had said that Pakistan wants a constructive, sustained, unconditional and result-oriented dialogue with India on all issues of mutual concern including the core issue of Kashmir.</div>