The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday said the meeting between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan is inconsequential unless it results in some progress in real sense in the improvement of relationship between the two Asian neighbours.
NCP leader Majeed Memon said that he welcomes the endeavor on the part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to improve relations with Pakistan.
"But there has to be certain principled manner in which we should proceed further. We make arrangement for Secretary-level talks then even the two Prime Ministers meet some time. We have seen how our Prime Minister rushed and even attended a family function of Nawaz Sharif, but then thereafter Pathankot took place," Memon told ANI.
"So, these meetings are inconsequential unless they result in some progress in real sense in the improvement of relationship between two countries," he added.
Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry today held bilateral talks in New Delhi focusing on a range of issues.
The two Foreign Secretaries are also believed to have deliberated on ways to take forward the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue (CBD) between both sides.
India has been pressing for action against terrorists responsible for the audacious attack on the premier IAF base to move ahead in the talks.
During the meeting, the Pakistan Foreign Secretary emphasized that Kashmir remains the core issue that requires a just solution, in accordance with UNSC resolutions and wishes of the Kashmiri people.
The Pakistan Foreign Secretary is in New Delhi on a day-long visit to attend the senior officials meeting of the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process.
It was the first such formal meeting between the two top diplomats after the talks were deferred in January following the strike by Pakistani terrorists at the Pathankot Airbase.
