IANS reported on Friday that Krishna, at the Institute of South Asian Studies, said "we [India and Pakistan] affirmed the importance of carrying forward the dialogue process with a view to resolve all the issues peacefully through constructive and result oriented engagement.”
"We agreed that terrorism poses a continuing threat to peace and security and reiterated our commitment to fight and eliminate it in all its forms and manifestations," he said.
He welcomed "Pakistan's efforts to normalise trade relations with India by moving from positive to negative lists, and their eventual elimination," a key step towards Pakistan granting Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India.
Krishna is likely to travel to Islamabad in June or July for talks that will review the peace process.
Stressing on New Delhi's improving relations with neighbouring countries, Krishna pushed for greater regional integration in South Asia. "In our immediate neighbourhood of South Asia, India has been driven by the vision of encouraging regional integration to bring about peace and prosperity for more than one-and-a-half billion people living in this region."
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