Pakistani’s civil and military pledged to cooperate fully with India on investigations into an attack on an Indian air base earlier last week.
In a statement issued by PM House, a high-level chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday discussed the Pathankot incident.
Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, PM’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, National Security Advisor Lt Gen (retd) Nasser Janjua, the Director General ISI, Foreign Secretary and DG Military Operations attended the meeting.
The comments come a day after India called on Pakistani authorities for “prompt and decisive” action against militants it blames for the weekend attack that killed seven Indian military personnel and wounded 22.
Participants at a high-level meeting in Islamabad “reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to cooperate with India to completely eradicate the menace of terrorism,” Prime Minister Sharif’s office said in a statement.
The meeting was also attended by Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Gen Rizwan Akhtar, and several top civilian and military officials.
India says it gave Pakistan “specific and actionable information” regarding the Pathankot air base attack on Tuesday.
In its statement, Sharif’s office said the meeting had reviewed the progress on the information received from India and would stay in touch with the Indian government.
A meeting between the two countries’ foreign secretaries was scheduled for January 15, but the National Assembly was informed that the two diplomats will now meet later this month.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sharif have been struggling to keep their renewed dialogue, announced last month, on track in the wake of the attack.
Attempts to restart talks between India and Pakistan have often been derailed by similar past attacks.
Pakistan’s leadership on Friday said it hoped “the two countries would remain committed to a sustained, meaningful and comprehensive dialogue process” in the wake of the attack.
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