Friday, September 2 2005 12:16 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Islamabad: A day after India and Pakistan announced a slew of measures to carry forward the peace process, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today (September 2, 2005) met President Pervez Musharraf and briefed him about the outcome of the talks he had with his counterpart here.

Saran, who held wide-ranging discussions with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan yesterday (September 1, 2005), informed the President about the steps taken to give an impetus to the peace process.

Saran was accompanied by High Commissioner to Pakistan Shiv Shankar Menon.

Ahead of the New York meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf, Sharan and Khan yesterday (September 1, 2005) reviewed the progress in the Composite Dialogue Process and decided to carry it forward.

They also decided to commence the third round by the end of this year and agreed to sign an agreement on pre-notification of ballistic missiles when Foreign Ministers meet here in early October.

India also proposed two additional bus routes between the two countries but firmly ruled out redrawing of boundaries or fixing 'artificial deadlines' for resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir issue.

Both sides also agreed 'in principle' to increase the frequency of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service and that hotline between the two Foreign Secretaries would be set up soon.