New Delhi: India yesterday (Nov 30, 2003) welcomed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's announcement that his country will lift the ban on Indian flights over its airspace and grant them landing rights and hoped that the two-day talks on resumption of civil aviation links would be fruitful.

"We welcome the announcement by President Musharraf that Pakistan will agree to overflights and landing rights," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said ahead of the talks today between the civil aviation authorities of the two countries.

"We are looking forward to a successful outcome of the talks tomorrow and the day after," he said.

PTI