Composite talks ripe to yield results: Kasuri
Staff Report

ISLAMABAD—Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri Thursday expressed the hope that the third round of composite dialogue with India due to start in January next year would be more result oriented and helpful in finding a peaceful solution to the lingering Kashmir dispute.
Talking to the media here at a reception hosted by Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed in honour of Bangladesh Parliamentary delegation, the Foreign Minister said flexibility on the issue of Kashmir should be from both the sides.
He said Pakistan remains committed to its principled stand that the Kashmir issue should be resolved according to the aspirations and wishes of the Kashmiris and solution should be acceptable to both Pakistan and India.
The Foreign Minister said that the third round of talks with India would be better than the previous two rounds. He said that talks with India during the last two years showed progress in improving relations between the two countries and people-to-people contact have been enhanced.
Now efforts should be made that these relations are further strengthened so that the process is not derailed by any small event or happening, he said. The Minister said due to peace in the region, the trade has also improved although it is still in favour of India.
He said Pakistan was making sincere efforts that there should be level playing field to promote bilateral trade with India so that the people from both the countries could draw equal benefit. Replying to a question about opening of five crossing points across the Line of Control in Kashmir, he said, Pakistan wanted to have free movement of Kashmiris across these points on daily basis instead of the present weekly movement. He said this LoC opening has also reduced the tension in the region.