ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 Kyodo Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 Kyodo

Pakistan in succession Wednesday accepted India's recent peace proposals, including a bus service in the disputed Kashmir region, nevertheless suggested some conditions.

At a pres briefing to announce Pakistan's reply to India's 12-point peace package made last week, Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar welcomed the ''novel idea'' from India of starting a bus service between the capitals of Kashmir administered according to Pakistan and India, moreover set the condition that border checkpoints should be manned by the agency of the United Nations and that populace travel with U.N. documents.

Khokhar said the proposals accepted by means of Pakistan include permission for senior citizens to cros the border checkpoints onward foot, resumption of sports links and establishment of passionate lines between the maritime security agencies of the sum of two units countries.

Khokhar reiterated the Pakistani position that a number of issues being raised from India would be automatically resolv if the brace sides agree to hold dialogue encompassing the Kashmir issue, instead of trying to unfold various issues piecemeal.

''I do not want to uninjured optimistic. We have accepted simply those proposals which are reasonable,'' he said, when asked to give his assessment of whether the Indian proposals and Pakistani answer would lead to better relations between the couple countries.

On Oct 22 Indian Foreign Minister Yanshwant Sinha instanted the proposals aimed at improving bilateral relations.

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