Wednesday, December 22 2004 19:55 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Rejecting Opposition charge of drift in India's Pakistan policy, External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh today (Dec 22, 2004) said the dialogue process was "on track" and making "progress".

Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Khokhar are slated to meet in Islamabad on December 27 and 28 where they will review progress in the Composite Dialogue and discuss issues related to peace and security as well as J and K in a "substantive manner", he said.

Singh said he planned to visit Pakistan in February.

Replying to a discussion on the foreign policy, he said, "The (Indo-Pak) dialogue process is on track and we continue to make progress," stressing "there is no drift in India's Pakistan policy."

India, Singh said, has conveyed its "deep concern" over the reported supply of sophisticated armaments to Pakistan by the US.

"We have communicated to the US that such a decision could impact adversely on the ongoing dialogue process between India and Pakistan, which the US itself has supported," he said.

"It may also erode the goodwill and friendly feeling that exist for the US in India, both as a sister democracy as well as a strategic partner."