Sartaj Ajiz: Pakistan ready to meet India without preconditions

Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz who is to arrive in New Delhi on Sunday addressed a press conference on the scheduled talks between India and Pakistan in Islamabad.

Highlights from his speech:

• Pakistan ready to hold NSA talks without any preconditions
  

• Meeting purpose was to reduce tension on the Line of Control and to address each others' concerns

• India prevented in meeting the Hurriyat leaders by setting a precondition

• Ready to go to New Delhi to attend the NSA-level talks

• Pakistan disturbed with the arrest of Hurriyat leaders
  

• Moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiris

• Pakistan army instructed to shoot only in self-defense
  

• Indian media was told that Pak was looking for an exit due to the apprehension over the dossiers prepared by Doval

• 3 dossiers on RAW promoting terrorism in Pakistan are to be handed over to Mr Doval

• The cancelation of the visit will lead to undesirable escalation of tension

• Prepared to meet India as the talks have not been formally canceled

• India is trying to escape the most important issue between the two countries - Kashmir

• Narendra Modi wants to normalize relations with Pakistan ever since he has come to power in India but wants to do it on his own terms without talking about Kashmir and that is not possible

• India misinterpreted the Ufa document as India and Pak have a collective responsibility

• Narendra Modi should ponder over the collective responsibility to promote development and initiate dialogue between the two countries