Dialogue the only way to resolve long-standing issues: Pak foreign minister

For the past seventeen years, Pakistan at great cost of life and resources, has been combating the fires of terrorism and extremism

Pakistan desires a relationship with India based on sovereign equality and mutual respect. We seek resolution of disputes through a serious and comprehensive dialogue that covers all issues of concern. We were to meet on the sidelines of this UNGA Session to talk about all issues with India — India called off dialogue the third time for the Modi Government — each time on flimsy grounds. They preferred politics over peace. They used the pretext of stamps issued months ago, of a Kashmiri activist and depicting grave human rights violations, including pellet gun victims, as an excuse to back out