Islamabad: Pakistan today (Dec 8, 2003) accused India of "blocking" its readmission into the Commonwealth but said it would continue to work with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to carry forward the current peace process.

"We are ready to work with any Government in India. Yes, we would like to work with Vajpayee. If your prognosis is correct, then we will work with Vajpayee. Most important thing is that we should work for lasting peace in the region," Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan told reporters.

He was replying to a question whether Islamabad preferred to work in future with Vajpayee and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has emerged as the front-runner to win next year's general elections going by the outcome of the recent Assembly polls.

The spokesman said Pakistan hoped that the current ceasefire on the Indo-Pak border was "sustainable".

Attacking India, he said it "played a negative part which proved decisive in preventing Pakistan's return" to the 54-nation body at the Commonwealth Summit in Nigeria.

PTI