New Delhi: Carrying forward the composite dialogue process, India and Pakistan today (Sep 8, 2004) agreed on 13 proposals including expert level meetings on conventional and nuclear Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) and decided to continue dialogue to find a peaceful negotiated settlement of all bilateral issues including Jammu and Kashmir.

The two sides agreed to have a meeting on "all issues" relating to the commencement of bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, a joint statement issued at the end of the five-day visit of Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said.

Giving details of the statement, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said on Siachen, the two countries agreed that the outcome of the meeting of Defence Secretaries in August this year would be implemented.

New Delhi and Islamabad had on August 6 agreed to discuss modalities for "disengagement and redeployment" of troops in Siachen, the world's highest battlefield, and hold further discussions on them. Defence Secretaries are expected to meet again on the Siachen issue.