New Delhi: Pakistan on Sunday said it is "eagerly awaiting" a visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that could provide an opportunity for the two countries to work on resolving key issues like Kashmir, Siachen and terrorism.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri, who met BJP leader and former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha, said the improvement of relations between the two sides requires bipartisan support in both countries.
"We are eagerly waiting for the Prime Minister's visit. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has already visited New Delhi and now it is Singh's turn. Whenever there is a high profile visit, the bureaucracy in both countries works hard to make it a success," Kasuri said after the hour-long meeting.
"All aspects of issues, which have emphasis in India like Kashmir, Siachen or the anti-terror mechanism, will come up for discussion and there will be an earnest effort to find resolution to all these," said Kasuri who is in India on a private visit to attend the wedding of the daughter of Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyer.
Emphasising that he has always promoted Indo-Pakistan relations, Kasuri said, "I also know that the nature of our relations is such that it would require bipartisan support, both in Pakistan and India. It has been my endeavour that I have tried to interact with all parties".
Kasuri recalled that it was during the tenure of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government that "both the countries started the (peace) process".
Kasuri said he had told Sinha that there was a need to maintain the "momentum (of the peace process) regardless of whether one is in power or is in the opposition".
The Pakistani Foreign Minister is expected to meet External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday.
Kasuri will also meet former prime minister I K Gujral and former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh during his stay in the Capital.
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