New Delhi: The first round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan today (June 27, 2004) was held in "positive" and "constructive" atmosphere and ideas and proposals were exchanged.

The meeting between Foreign Secretary Shashank and his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Khokhar focussed on peace and security including confidence-building measures (CBMs).

"We have some CBMs on table like result of expert-level talks on nuclear CBMs and proposals out of that," Foreign Office spokesman told reporters.

Other proposals include better communication and humanitarian concerns, he said.

The spokesman said the two Foreign Secretaries also discussed issues of humanitarian concerns.

On the nuclear CBMs, he said the two sides discussed the draft proposal worked out at the expert-level meeting held recently.

"The Foreign Secretaries will carry forward the nuclear negotiations," he said and added that comments from the Pakistani side on the draft proposal were still awaited.

He, however, refused to take many questions saying that the talks were still in progress and he would be able to answer many of the queries only tomorrow.