While expressing optimism over the talks, the Pakistani foreign minister said the Simla accord does not exclude the "international character" of Kashmir.
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran firmly ruled out any change in borders.
"They cry victim when they actually are the perpetrators," she said, rejected Pakistan's charges against India on the issue at the 42nd session of the UNHRC.
The Pakistani PM is now scheduled to travel to Malaysia next week and to China on November 3 to seek financial assistance from the two friendly countries.
"Natwar Singh will visit Pakistan at the invitation of the Pakistani government," Kasuri said at Haveli Lakha in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday.
The Pakistan High Commission staffer, who was detained for his alleged involvement in an espionage ring, belongs to the Baloch regiment of Pakistani Army and was on deputation to spy agency ISI since 2013.
India on Wednesday said 'it was unfazed' by the United States' opposition to the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline, adding it will continue to pursue gas imports from Iran to meet its energy requirements.
The two foreign ministers differed over kashmir, but said the ceasefire on the LoC would continue.
The continuous snowfall is making the highway clearance operation by the Border Road Organisation difficult.
"Our relationship is so big that it is no longer a bilateral relationship. It has global dimensions," the report quoted Jaishankar as saying.
"I am sure Mrs Gandhi will get a very warm reception in Pakistan," Kasuri said when asked about President Pervez Musharraf's invitation to Sonia to visit Pakistan.
Asserting that it desired peace with India as it wanted to focus on development, Pakistan said it was prepared to show 'flexibility' in resolving the Kashmir issue if New Delhi did the same.
"Are they ready to review their decisions? If they do, we can also review our decisions. Review will be on both sides," Qureshi said.
While India's High Commissioner Bisaria is in Islamabad, his Pakistani counterpart Moin-ul-Haq is yet to take charge in New Delhi.
"We have no objection if they [the Hurriyat leaders] want to travel to Delhi and hold talks with the Indian leadership," he said.
In a follow-up to Musharraf's proposal for demilitarised zones, Pakistan said it was willing to look beyond UN resolutions on Kashmir.
And what's more, the film has been seven years in the making.
'Pakistan's trump card is that it is the only credible guarantor on the horizon who can reasonably assure the Western world that Afghanistan will not again become the revolving door for international terrorism.' 'Trust Pakistan to play this card optimally,' explains Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
"If we (the Kashmiris) don't talk about it (dialogue), who will? Not a Bihari, not a Punjabi," she said.
The separatist leaders told the Pakistani Foreign Minister that the Indo-Pak talks would be futile till Kashmiris are involved in the process.
Geelani, who Islamabad's backing, is understood to have impressed upon Kasuri to do more on involving Kashmiris in the dialogue process.
Rama Rao's appointment was necessitated as Chandrasekhar Rao will have to concentrate on national politics and also focus on various developmental activities in the state, a release from the chief minister's office said.
Referring to Musharraf's comment on clemency, Kasuri said, "He did not give a direct reply. He said I am a man of mercy."
In another match in the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Hockey Tournament, Indian Airlines beat Punjab Sind Bank 2-0.
Among other things, it could offer a number of scholarships and free medical treatment to poor Indian patients.
The newly-announced cabinet is expected to take oath on Monday at the President's House.
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