Monday, September 19 2005 15:08 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New York: Optimistic about the future of Indo-Pakistan ties, President Pervez Musharraf has said relations between the two countries would not be 'turbulent' in future and are destined to go higher.

"In future, Pakistan-India relations would not be turbulent. Bilateral relations would go towards highs," state run APP news agency quoted him as saying.

Responding to a question he said both India and Pakistan have understood their problems could only be resolved by improving bilateral relations, he said in an interview to PTV.

He said talks between India and Pakistan are progressing well and there was need to maintain confidentiality while the process in underway.

"The talks are progressing well and we are at that stage when we need to move forward on the Kashmir issue," he told Pakistani reporters in New York yesterday (Sept 18, 2005).

He, however, declined to give details of his talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying there is need for confidentiality while the process is underway.

The Pakistani leader had said last week that both he and Singh had shown sincerity to address outstanding issues between the two countries and that the two leaders were keeping confidentiality so that extremists might not derail the peace process.