India and Pakistan set dates for talks

Senior officials of Pakistan and India will start peace talks in Islamabad on February 16-18, Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman said.

Masood Khan said the top bureaucrats from the foreign ministries of both countries would meet in the Pakistani capital.

“The foreign secretaries meeting on the 18th of the February will be preceded by meetings between the director generals (of each ministry),” he told a press conference.

The leaders of Pakistan and India agreed at a regional summit in Islamabad earlier this month to hold the peace talks.