Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesman says Islamabad hopes it can resolve the Kashmir issue and resume dialogue with New Delhi, Press TV reported.
Pakistan is seeking to finalize the date and venue for a meeting of the foreign secretaries of the two countries before the UN General Assembly in New York in September, Abdul Basit said in his weekly press briefing in Islamabad.
"We look forward to the resumption of the composite dialogue so that the long-simmering Kashmir issue is resolved," Basit said.
Hopes of progress increased after the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh last month on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, he said.
Basit, however, said that Islamabad has expressed its concern over the launch of India's first nuclear-powered submarine last month and added that Pakistan wants the region to get 'bogged down' in an arms race.
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