File photo: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif raised the Kashmir issue in his meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.In a statement today, the Pakistan Foreign Office said Mr Sharif met the UN Secretary General on September 25 and "pointed out that Kashmir was one of the long standing conflicts on the agenda of the UN Security Council". Mr Sharif also "asked the Secretary General to take steps for its peaceful settlement in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions", the statement added.Mr Sharif is also expected to raise the Kashmir issue in his address to the UN General Assembly today, the Pakistan government said while ruling out resumption of any dialogue with India unless the initiative in this regard is taken by New Delhi.Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Ajaz Ahmad Chaudhry told reporters in New York that there is "no reason" for Mr Sharif not to raise the issue of Kashmir during his address to the annual session of United Nations General Assembly.Mr Chaudhry, who is accompanying Mr Sharif, said that Pakistan believes that a plebiscite is still a solution to Kashmir.He said that the onus for resumption of any kind of interaction is with India, which he said, had earlier called off the bilateral talks at the level of foreign secretaries.

"It is India which cancelled the talks. It's for them (India) to take the initiative for any interaction (between the two countries)," Chaudhry said.