Pakistan has said it remains committed to resolving the Siachen issue.
He called for initiating tangible projects to realise the objective of progress and development of the entire region and proposed strengthening the role of the SAARC Secretariat.
On the Iranian nuclear crisis, Aziz said Pakistan does not want a new theatre of war in its borders. "It is a very complex issue. Pakistan certainly does not want a new theatre of arms conflict in this region which is already marred by conflicts."
"Settlement of the Kashmir issue in line with the aspirations of the people of Kashmir will change the destiny of over a billion people of South Asia."
The 21 agreements relating to cooperation in the fields of defence, social and economic fields were signed after talks between visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz.
Claiming that India is yet to share with Pakistan any "tangible" information from the probe into the Samjhauta Express blasts, Islamabad on Saturday vowed to bring to book the perpetrators of terror attack.
The bomber tried to hurl a grenade, which exploded at his feet, killing him on the spot.
Mukherjee, who is accompanied by Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, was received by Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has dismissed the possibility of confederation between India and Paksitan, as remarked by President A P J Abdul Kalam, describing "it may be their (Indian rulers') way of thinking".
Any decision against the wishes of the Kashmiris will not be accepted," he told reporters in his native town of Kasur on Sunday.
The national parliament and provincial assemblies will complete their terms on November 15 and elections will be held 60 days after that
Aides of President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto will be holding a final round of talks in the United Arab Emirates from Tuesday to "devise a strategy for the coming general election," a media report said. The talks were earlier scheduled after Eid-ul-Fitr, but after Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and PML-N president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain ruled out any truck with the PPP for the polls, the meetings were urgently arranged.
India and Pakistan propose to start the rail link between Khokhrapar and Munnabao connecting Sindh and Rajasthan from October 2, 2005, External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh announced on Thursday.
In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz Khan, the Durga Nag Trust has asked them to allow a delegation to visit the temple, located on the banks of Krishan Ganga in Neelam valley in PoK.
"History is full of examples where we didn't focus too much on exit strategy. A good exit strategy is one which leaves that country, that area, peaceful, economically and politically empowered," Shaukat Aziz said.
Pakistan's information ministry has urged the government to allow Star satellite television channels, which were banned along with other Indian channels to be aired by cable operators.
Aziz lamented the fact that south Asia lagged behind its neighbourhood.
The progress in relations with India in all fields should hinge on progress on the Kashmir issue, he said.
Minister of State for Information Tariq Azim said Pakistan would take action if India provides evidence connected to Mumbai blasts. It will depend very much on what proof India provided, he told BBC.
Aziz told the media in Islamabad that he has advised Musharraf not to proclaim emergency in the country.
Ried said the issue had already been discussed between Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Pervez Musharraf when they met in New York last month on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Council of Indian Muslims in UK has also condemned the blasts.
Asserting that the peace process with India was "irreversible," Pakistan has said that both countries should make progress on all issues while insisting that improvement in economic matters was linked to political problems, including Kashmir.
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