India and Pakistan have agreed to resume dialogue on all issues following the spirit of the Thimphu meeting between the two Prime Ministers in April last year.

The Secretary level talks will be held on Counter-terrorism including progress on Mumbai trial, Humanitarian issues; Peace & Security, including CBMs and Jammu & Kashmir.

The other issues including promotion of friendly exchanges, Siachen, Economic issues, Wullar Barrage/Tulbul Navigation Project; and Sir Creek at the level of Additional Secretaries Surveyors General. These talks will be held before the visit of the Pakistan Foreign Minister to India. The meetings are in pursuance of the mandate given by the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, following their meeting in Thimphu in April 2010.

The Minister of External Affairs of India and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan had met in Islamabad in July last year to review the current state of the bilateral relationship and discuss steps to India promote trust and confidence between the two countries.

The Foreign Sercretaries of the two countries met in Thimphu on the 6th of this month to carry forward this process. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan will visit India by July this year to review progress in the dialogue process with his counterpart. This will be preceded by a meeting of the two Foreign Secretaries. Dates of the aforementioned meetings will be fixed through diplomatic channels.