ISLAMABAD, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani and Indian diplomats will finalize the agenda for the summit of prime ministers (PMs) of the two countries in the United Nations later this month, senior Pakistani advisor on national security and foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Friday.
Sartaj Aziz met Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek and discussed the summit of Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh.
Both PMs will travel to New York for the U.N. General Assembly' s meeting.
"Considering the likelihood of a meeting between the two prime ministers, we agreed to use diplomatic channels to finalize the agenda for such a meeting keeping in view the progress made so far in various working groups and in back channel contacts," a Foreign Ministry statement quoted Aziz as saying.
Pakistani and Indian top diplomats also discussed ways to reduce tension along the Line of Control (LoC) that divides both countries in the disputed Kashmir region.
Forces of the two countries traded fire along the LoC in recent weeks, causing casualties on both sides.
"We agreed that it was important to respect the 2003 ceasefire agreement in order to reduce tensions and for this purpose, we agreed that the existing mechanism shall be used more effectively, " Aziz said.
He said he also emphasized that the objective of establishing durable peace in South Asia is of such paramount importance that it should not be held hostage to electoral politics or be derailed by a single incident.
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