Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir addresses a news conference with spokesperson Tehmina Janjua, left. at the Foreign Office in Islamabad. - AP file photo

ISLAMABAD: The top diplomats of Pakistan and India will meet in Islamabad next week to discuss Kashmir along with peace and security issues, Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Friday.

The two countries in February announced the resumption of peace talks after a meeting between Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and his Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu.

“Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet in Islamabad on June 23 and 24,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Tehmina Janjua said in a statement.

They will discuss “peace and security, including confidence building measures, Jammu and Kashmir, and promotion of friendly exchanges”, the statement said.

The rival South Asian states suspended talks more than two years ago after gunmen killed 166 people in Mumbai.