Islamabad: In his first comments on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's fresh offer of friendship to Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf has said he is glad to see "positive indications" from India, which could be pursued to "greater interacting process".

"We are glad to see positive indications coming lately," Musharraf said at a banquet on April 22 night for visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai, while referring to Vajpayee's offer of friendship, according to state-run APP news agency.

Expressing the hope that these indications "can be pursued to greater interacting process", Musharraf said Pakistan was prepared to engage in a comprehensive dialogue with India on Kashmir and other outstanding disputes.

Observing that Kashmir has been at the "heart of Pakistan-India differences since independence", he said, "Pakistan wishes to resolve all its issues with India peacefully."

He also said Kashmir had been the main impediment to the development of normal relations between the two countries.

PTI