Islamabad: Pakistan on May 6 announced restoring air, train and bus links with India and sought "serious and substantive" dialogue on all issues including Kashmir.

Addressing a press conference, Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali favoured resumption of dialogue from where these were left at Agra.

Calling for confidence building measures on nuclear issues, he said possession of nuclear weapons by the two countries have put a responsibility on them to "seek nuclear and strategic stability" in the region.

"I believe all issues have to be addressed sincerely and constructively through sustained dialogue," Jamali said favouring that talks take place even at the summit level.

"India should put the acrimony to the back-burner and discuss all issues including the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir," he said adding that the national consensus was behind him to hold dialogue with India.

The Pakistan Prime Minister assured Kashmiris that "at all stages, their interest would be of supreme importance".

Unveiling a series of confidence building measures, Jamali also announced restoration of full diplomatic ties by sending a High Commissioner to India.

He also said that government has decided to release all detained Indian fishermen and take steps towards restoring sporting ties.

Jamali favoured confidence building measures enshrined in the 1999 Lahore Treaty providing for arms restraint and promotion of security in the region.

Stating that Islamabad had to keep its fingers crossed politically, Jamali expressed hoped "a good, solid solution should be coming forward on all issues, of course including the Jammu and Kashmir issue."

He replied in the affirmative when asked whether he would be talking to Hurriyat Conference.

PTI