New Delhi, June 30: On his arrival in the national capital, Pakistan's new high commissioner Aziz Ahmed Khan said Islamabad was ready to discuss all issues with India and hoped the stalled dialogue would be resumed "very soon" even as he denied his country's involvement in cross-border terrorism in J&K. "I hope this will start very soon. Whichever level the talks start, we will welcome them. We are ready and we have been saying this for long time. I think this has been repeated at the highest level," Khan told reporters soon after crossing the Wagah border and later at Pakistan House here. Khan's arrival here marks the first major move towards taking forward the peace process initiated by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Srinagar on April 18 extending a hand of friendship to Pakistan.
The two sides announced appointment of new high commissioners as decided to restart the Lahore-Delhi bus service and air links. Khan comes in place of Ashraf Jehangir Qazi who was asked to be withdrawn by India following the Kaluchak massacre in Jammu in May last year.
Qazi had continued in office even though India had downgraded its mission to the level of deputy high commissioner after recalling its envoy V K Nambiar in the wake of the terrorist attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001. Bureau Report