Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Sunday that Pakistan will agree on the resumption of overflights with India soon.
The president made the announcement while talking to an Indian youth delegation here. He said that Pakistan will formally convey its agreement on the resumption of overflights in Monday's talks on the subject between Pakistani and Indian aviation officials in New Delhi.
Overflights were banned between the two nations in early 2002, in the wake of a terror attack on India's parliamentary house in December 2001, which India claimed was supported by Pakistani government.
The banning resulted in unnecessary longer routes for international flights of both countries.
The overflights resumption will help resolve all disputes including the core issue of Kashmir between the two South Asian neighbors, said the president.
Musharraf expressed the satisfaction over the recent confidence-building measures by both sides, including the ceasefire, startingon Nov. 25 alongside the Line of Control (LoC), which divides the disputed Kashmir region.
The president underlined that these peace-making measures should be a starting point, instead of an ending point of the peace process.
Musharraf also expressed the wish that India and Pakistan will soon restore talks, in a bid to resolve all disputes through peaceful dialogue and that the resolution will be acceptable to both countries and the Kashmir people.
Pakistan and India have fought three wars, two of which were over the Kashmir dispute.