Natwar Singh meets Pervez Musharraf

India is awaiting a response from Pak on number of proposals, many of which are aimed at bolstering people-to-people contacts.

External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh on Wednesday held talks with President Pervez Musharraf during which a host of issues, including the progress on the Composite Dialogue process was reviewed.

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Singh, who arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday evening on a three-day visit, met Musharraf before his scheduled meetings with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri.

Review of the ongoing Composite Dialogue process covering an eight point agenda, including the vexed Jammu and Kashmir issue would be the focus Singh's talks with Pakistani leadership, officials in Islamabad said.

A host of other issues such as the speeding up of the implementation of the confidence building measures, including running of bus services between Srinagar-Muzafarabad and Lahore and Amritsar are expected to figure in Singh's talks with Pakistani leaders.

India is awaiting a response from Pakistan to a number of its proposals, many of which are aimed at bolstering people-to-people contacts. These include holding of visa camps by the respective High Commissions in different cities and an agreement on peace and tranquillity along the Line of Control.