Islamabad: Pakistan today (Apr 5, 2004) proposed two-day talks next month with India on nuclear disarmament in pursuance of the roadmap worked out by the foreign secretaries of the two countries.

"Pakistan has proposed May 25 and 26 as the dates for hosting expert level talks to discuss nuclear confidence building measures," a brief statement by the Pakistan Foreign Office said.

It said the proposal was in pursuance of the road map worked out by the Foreign Secretaries of both the countries on February 18 for resumption of composite dialogue to discuss Kashmir and other contentious issues.

The dates for the talks on nuclear CBMs were conveyed to Indian Deputy High Commissioner T C A Raghavan by the Director General for South Asia in the Pakistan Foreign Office, Jalili Abbas Jilani.