NEW DELHI, May 24: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha has proposed a “joint mechanism” with Pakistan to share intelligence to fight separatists, a report said on Saturday.

“The ‘terrorists’ move around Pakistan, go into Pakistan-administered Kashmir and then cross over to this side. It is not possible that there is no knowledge about their activities,” Sinha was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India news agency.

“So let us have intelligence-sharing under a joint mechanism."

“If, as they (the Pakistanis) claim, these things are happening outside their control, then they should have no problem in agreeing to cooperate with us.”

The Indian foreign minister, however, said: “The pace for resumption of dialogue has to be from both sides. It cannot be from one side alone.”—AFP