New Delhi: Pakistan on Thursday indicated that it was open to postponement of the Foreign Secretary-level talks, tentatively scheduled on July 20, in view of the ‘monstrous tragedy’ in Mumbai.
"If India feels that these talks should be postponed to a later date, we can go along with that," Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said.
She said Islamabad's willingness to reschedule the talks was not because the blasts have been allegedly linked to Pakistan but because of the "domestic" problem in India.
"We understand the big tragedy has occurred. We will wait for India's convenience," Aslam said.
She, however, said there has been no official word from India seeking deferment of the talks.
On Pakistan's hand being suspected in Tuesday's serial blasts, she said if New Delhi has any "so-called evidence", it should share it with Islamabad to see if it acts on that or not.
Aslam said Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had himself given assurances about not allowing Pakistani soil for terror acts against India and that Islamabad was committed to these.
She also denied that Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri had sought to link the "monstrous" Mumbai blasts to Kashmir issue.
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