LAHORE, Dec 22: The relations between Pakistan and India are heading towards normalization, Pakistan’s High Commissioner in New Delhi Aziz Ahmad Khan told reporters on his arrival at Wagah on Monday.

Mr Khan expressed the hope that Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would visit Pakistan to participate in the Saarc summit as he had already made a commitment to this effect.

Referring to his first meeting with Mr Vajpayee, he said it was held in a cordial atmosphere, adding they discussed matters of mutual interest.

Mr Khan declined to comment about the likelihood of the Vajpayee-Musharraf meeting on sidelines of the forthcoming regional summit.

When asked whether he was scheduled to brief the President Gen Pervez Musharraf before the summit, he said that he had come here on a vacation.