ISLAMABAD, April 5 (Xinhuanet)-- Pakistan on Monday proposed to India for talks on nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs) next month, according to a press release from the foreign office.

    In pursuance of the road-map worked out between the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India on February 18, 2004, said the release, Pakistan has proposed 25-26 May as the dates for hosting expert level talks on nuclear CBMs.

    Pakistan and India, the two South Asian nuclear rivals, agreed in February on an aggressive scheme for peace talks, in a bid to set up a series of meetings on hot issues like Kashmir, terrorism and nuclear weapons.

    A package of mid-level meetings is to start in the wake of the Indian elections later in April, including in June to discuss waysof combating drug trafficking and smuggling.

    The dialogue process is expected to culminate with a summit in August between the two foreign ministers.

    The two countries have fought three wars, two of which were over the Kashmir dispute. Enditem