Eagerly awaiting Manmohan Singh's visit: Pak

Pakistan Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri today said his country was eagerly awaiting a visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that could provide an opportunity to work on resolving key issues like Kashmir, Siachen and terrorism.

Kasuri, who met BJP leader and former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha here this morning, said the improvement of relations between the two sides requires bipartisan support in both countries.

"We are eagerly waiting the Indian Prime Minister's visit. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has already visited New Delhi and now it is Singh's turn. Whenever there is a high profile visit, the bureaucracy in both countries works hard to make it a success," he said after the hour-long meeting.

"All aspects of all issues, which have emphasis in India like Kashmir, Siachen or the anti-terror mechanism, will come up for discussion and there will be an earnest effort to find a resolution to all these," said Kasuri who is in India on a private visit to attend the wedding of the daughter of minister Mani Shankar Aiyer.

Emphasising that he has always promoted Indo-Pakistan relations, Kasuri said, "I also know that the nature of our relations is such that it would require bipartisan support, both in Pakistan and India.

"It has been my endeavour that I have tried to interact with all parties," Kasuri said, recalling that it was during the tenure of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government that "both the countries started the (peace) process".