Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali today accused "interest groups" within India of blocking resumption of India-Pakistan talks to resolve all pending problems, including the Kashmir issue.
     
"There are interest groups who, for domestic reasons, whip up communal politics and maintain hostility towards  Pakistan," Jamali alleged in a hard-hitting speech on the second day of his three-day maiden official visit to China.
    

While describing such thinking as "dangerous," Jamali told his Chinese audience that Pakistan is hopeful that India would "see the path of reason and respond positively to our offer of dialogue."

"In today's world there is no alternative to dialogue," he said while describing the Kashmir issue as the "prime source" of tension between the two South Asian nuclear powers.
    

Speaking on 'Pakistan's policy on peace and security in South Asia,' at the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament, a think tank of the Chinese government, Jamali said, "A just settlement of this issue will lead to normalisation of relations between the two major countries of South Asia and will allow nearly one-and-a-half billion people of this region to use their energies for economic development."

Accusing New Delhi of "suppressing the wishes of the Kashmiri people by deploying over six hundred thousand troops and security forces in Kashmir," the Pakistani prime minister alleged that India has been attempting to exploit the "international sentiment against terrorism."
    

"India has vainly tried to project the Kashmir dispute as a problem of terrorism. This cannot mislead the international
community," he said.
    

"The character of the Kashmir dispute has been defined by the UN Security Council resolutions and it cannot be altered because of Indian campaign to malign the Kashmiri struggle," Jamali said.
    

He alleged that India also resorted to military pressure tactics last year by mobilising one million troops against Pakistan along the Line of Control in Kashmir and the international border.
    

Welcoming China's stand during the India-Pakistan stand-off, he noted that Beijing has consistently called for de-escalation and dialogue.
    

 Jamali said the main elements of Pakistan's approach to relations with India includes, dialogue for settlement of all outstanding disputes including Kashmir; secondly, restraint and security balance in South Asia, he said.
    

"We do not desire an arms race in the region, conventional or nuclear," he said.
    

Thirdly, Pakistan stood for cooperation for economic development of the region, he said, adding, "my government reiterates our offer of dialogue with India."
    

"We must begin a process of talks in an effort to resolve problems. The process will pave the way for confidence building and improvement of political environment in the region needed for the settlement of all issues," Jamali said.