Resuming bilateral talks most 'viable' option: Mahmud Kasuri

Islamabad, Dec 09 (ANI): Welcoming the initiation of the bilateral talks between India and Pakistan, former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri on Wednesday said that the resumption of talks was the best viable option for both the countries. He added that there is no option but to resume dialogues, as civilians and defence personnel continue to pay the price for the hostility between both the nations. He also insisted that one of the advantages of the sideline meetings is that they could set in motion a lot of positive things. He hoped that positive forces would be unleashed with the meetings of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Prime Minister Sharif and Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz. Sushma Swaraj is on a two-day visit to Pakistan where she is leading the Indian delegation to attend Heart of Asia Conference in Islamabad, the two-day ministerial meeting on Afghanistan that began yesterday. She had yesterday met her Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz at the dinner h