Ball in India's court for resumption of talks: Sharif

Pakistan is ready to hold talks but it is up to India to re-start the negotiations which were called off by it "unilaterally", Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said today amid speculation of a meeting between him and Narendra Modi.
"Cancellation of talks was New Delhi's unilateral decision," he said on arrival here to attend the SAARC Summit.
"The ball is now in India's court for talks between both the countries," Sharif said.
When asked about the possibility of talks between the two countries, Sharif said the question should be put to his Indian counterpart. India had cancelled Foreign Secretary-level talks, he said.

India and Pakistan have been involved in a war of words after New Delhi cancelled a Foreign Secretary-level meeting in August after Pakistan's envoy in India met Kashmiri separatists ahead of the talks.
Sharif said the SAARC had not made significant progress even after 30 years of its formation while European Union and other regional organisations have come a long way.