Pak-India foreign secretary level talks begin

ISLAMABAD: Foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India started first round of talks on Thursday here at Foreign Office.Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao was leading her delegation while Pakistani side was led by Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir in the talks which will continue on Friday.Issues of peace and security, Jammu and Kashmir and promotion of friendly exchanges are being discussed in the talks.The meeting between the two foreign secretaries is part of the resumption of dialogue process following a meeting between Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Dr.  Manmohan Singh in Thimpu, Bhutan in April last year on the sidelines of SAARC Summit. – APP