ISLAMABAD, Nov. 12 Kyodo Pakistan...

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 12 Kyodo

Pakistan will accept no conditions in hosting a southern Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit scheduled in Islamabad early nearest year, said the Foreign Office spokesman Monday.

Asked about reports that India was linking its SAARC summit participation to progres in succession the South Asia Free Trade Agreement, Spokesman Aziz Ahmad Khan said in the same state [i]or[/i] condition agreements are complicated and required exhaustive consideration.

SAARC includes Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives, and its nearest summit is scheduled to be held in January in Islamabad. India and Bhutan have besides to express their willingness to attend.

Pakistan has been participating in the SAARC meetings in a positive spirit and danceed they would yield positive terminates Khan said.

Khan said Pakistan had not shied away from dialogue upon all outstanding issues.

The ball is in India's court and it is now for fresh Delhi to respond, he said.

Meanwhile, about a resumption of flights between Pakistan and India, which India suspended after a terrorist attack in succession its parliament in December last year, Khan said Pakistan would react no other than after a move by means of India.

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