Islamabad: A day after India and Pakistan made fresh peace overtures, Islamabad on April 29 said it was ready to do whatever it can to reduce tensions between the two countries if Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee pays a state visit here.

Referring to the telephonic conversation Pakistani Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali had with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, it cautioned that there were elements on both sides who were out to sabotage normalisation of ties.

"The Prime Minister Jamali extended an invitation to Vajpayee to visit Pakistan. I hope he will do so quickly and if he does come he will receive a warm welcome and we will do all we can to help reducing tensions between two countries," Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Muhammad Kasuri said.

He hoped the two countries would be third time lucky to kick-start a new peace process after Lahore and Agra efforts.

"It is incumbent on the leadership of the two countries to try and make sure that this time their talks lead to some concrete results, as they say in English, third time lucky. May be after Lahore and Agra it will be lucky this time," Kasuri told a radio station while welcoming Jamali's phone call to Vajpayee.

Kasuri said that after Jamali's telephone talks with Vajpayee, the Indian Prime Minister should quickly respond to his invitation to visit Pakistan at the earliest.

He said leaders and people of India and Pakistan should be cautious about attempts to sabotage new peace process. "Now as far as future is concerned, my first comment is that people on both sides must beware of people who will try and derail relations between the two countries."