India To Address Concerns On Terrorism At Foreign Secretary Talks

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the much-awaited India-Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks in Islamabad on August 25, India said it will address its concerns on terrorism ‘with all means available’.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin, during a press briefing here, also hit back at Pakistani criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing Pakistan of waging a proxy war against India.

He said Modi was merely articulating India's ‘core concerns about relations with’ Pakistan over terrorism emanating from its soil.

India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged some sharp words over Prime Minister Modi's statement with the Pakistan Foreign Office terming Modi's statement as ‘most unfortunate’.

On the foreign secretary-level talks, the spokesperson said the two top officials are ‘meeting in the context of directives provided by the prime ministers to be in touch and look at the way forward in bilateral India-Pakistan relations’.

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