“Pakistan ready for talks without preconditions”

Indicating a warming up of bilateral ties, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said that Pakistan was ready for talks without preconditions.

Mr. Sharif’s comment came in response to a question in Malta where he stopped over to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The declaration of Pakistan’s willingness for talks acquires significance as Mr.Sharif is expected to land in Paris on Sunday morning.

Both the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan are scheduled to speak at COP21 Climate Change Conference’s inaugural session in Paris which will be attended by 140 heads of state and government.

The declaration by Mr.Sharif comes after several feel good initiatives that both sides undertook since the cancellation of talks between the National Security Advisors of both sides in August.

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