Pakistan ready to hold talks with India on all outstanding issues: FM

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says Pakistan is ready to hold talks with India on all outstanding issues including Kashmir dispute.

He said this while talking with his Indian Counterpart Sushma Swaraj in an informal meeting after the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting in Bishkek.

He said Pakistan is committed to the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan of pursuing peaceful diplomacy with India.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Prime Minister Imran Khan in his first speech said Pakistan is ready to take two steps if India takes one for the normalization of relations between the two countries.

Meanwhile, talking to Pakistani Diaspora in Bishkek, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan is providing e-visa facility to 178 countries to promote tourism in the country.

He said Islamabad has adopted visa-on-arrival policy with fifty countries of the world.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan should economically strong to adopt an independent foreign policy and we initiated economic diplomacy in this regard.