India and Pakistan to Resume Official Talks

India has proposed foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan.
Save
India and Pakistan to Resume Official Talks
Flames and smoke gush out of the historic historic Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on Nov. 27, 2008, one of the sites of attacks by militant gunmen. Up to 100 people were killed and around 100 more wounded in coordinated attacks by gunmen in India's commercial capital Mumbai with two five-star hotels among the targets of gunmen armed with powerful rifles and grenades. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)
2/4/2010
Updated:
10/1/2015

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/INDIA-C.jpg" alt="Flames and smoke gush out of the historic historic Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on Nov. 27, 2008, one of the sites of attacks by militant gunmen. Up to 100 people were killed and around 100 more wounded in coordinated attacks by gunmen in India's commercial capital Mumbai with two five-star hotels among the targets of gunmen armed with powerful assault rifles and grenades. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)" title="Flames and smoke gush out of the historic historic Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on Nov. 27, 2008, one of the sites of attacks by militant gunmen. Up to 100 people were killed and around 100 more wounded in coordinated attacks by gunmen in India's commercial capital Mumbai with two five-star hotels among the targets of gunmen armed with powerful assault rifles and grenades. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1823379"/></a>
Flames and smoke gush out of the historic historic Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on Nov. 27, 2008, one of the sites of attacks by militant gunmen. Up to 100 people were killed and around 100 more wounded in coordinated attacks by gunmen in India's commercial capital Mumbai with two five-star hotels among the targets of gunmen armed with powerful assault rifles and grenades. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)
India has proposed foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan. Islamabad has welcomed the offer, but asked for clarification of the agenda.

Renewed dialogue could relieve the strained relationship between the two nuclear powers. India suspended talks in 2008 after the terrorist attack on Mumbai, which paralyzed its most populous city for three days and resulted in more than 170 deaths.

Delphi blamed Pakistan-based militants for the assault, but Islamabad rejected the accusations. Both countries have been suffering from a long-term territorial dispute over the region of Kashmir, which is divided between mostly Hindu-dominated India and Islamic Pakistan. The exact date of the talks was not yet been made public.