Wednesday, February 23 2005 12:46 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Tokyo: Pakistan and India have made little "substantive" progress on Kashmir despite the breakthrough agreement to start the Muzaffarbad-Srinagar bus service, Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said today (Feb 23, 2005).

"There has not been much progress in substantive issues. There has been progress, however, on people-to-people contacts and means of communications are much better," Kasuri told a news conference at the end of a three-day visit to Tokyo.

"We hope, therefore, this (the bus) will lead to better interaction between Kashmiris on both sides. And hopefully they will start thinking of resolving the issue, which has kept Pakistan and India divided for so long," he said.

Kasuri said that Pakistan was prepared to be "flexible" if India would do the same to broker a solution acceptable to the people of Kashmir.