<p>Described the meeting of the DGMOs of the two countries as a "positive step forward", Pakistan today said better relations with India is a top priority.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"This meeting is a positive step forward," Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said about the December 24 meet between the Directors General of Military Operations to address tensions on the Line of Control (LoC).<br /><br />The DGMOs had "agreed on the need to maintain peace and tranquillity on the LoC and to stay in touch with each other over (their) hotline", she told reporters during a weekly news briefing.<br /><br />Military officials would hold regular flag meetings so that "incidents are not allowed to blow up and they are controlled at the local level", she said.<br /><br />Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, separately said that improving relations with India is a top priority.<br /><br />Positive developments had taken place in the past few months as a result of efforts made by the government, he said. The government is now devising a national security policy to ensure friendly ties with neighbouring countries, he added.<br /><br />Aslam said the meeting of the DGMOs, agreed on by Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Nawaz Sharif in September, was held in a cordial atmosphere. The military officials have also been speaking to each other on their hotline.<br /><br />During their first face-to-face talks in 14 years, the DGMOs agreed to re-energise existing mechanisms to maintain the ceasefire on the LoC.<br /><br />The DGMOs met months after bilateral ties nosedived over the killing of five Indian soldiers and flare-ups between the two sides on the LoC.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Described the meeting of the DGMOs of the two countries as a "positive step forward", Pakistan today said better relations with India is a top priority.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"This meeting is a positive step forward," Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said about the December 24 meet between the Directors General of Military Operations to address tensions on the Line of Control (LoC).<br /><br />The DGMOs had "agreed on the need to maintain peace and tranquillity on the LoC and to stay in touch with each other over (their) hotline", she told reporters during a weekly news briefing.<br /><br />Military officials would hold regular flag meetings so that "incidents are not allowed to blow up and they are controlled at the local level", she said.<br /><br />Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, separately said that improving relations with India is a top priority.<br /><br />Positive developments had taken place in the past few months as a result of efforts made by the government, he said. The government is now devising a national security policy to ensure friendly ties with neighbouring countries, he added.<br /><br />Aslam said the meeting of the DGMOs, agreed on by Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Nawaz Sharif in September, was held in a cordial atmosphere. The military officials have also been speaking to each other on their hotline.<br /><br />During their first face-to-face talks in 14 years, the DGMOs agreed to re-energise existing mechanisms to maintain the ceasefire on the LoC.<br /><br />The DGMOs met months after bilateral ties nosedived over the killing of five Indian soldiers and flare-ups between the two sides on the LoC.<br /><br /></p>