NEW DELHI, Jan 13: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri on Saturday denied the Indian suggestions that Pakistan may be prepared to authenticate the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) of Indian troops in the disputed Siachen Glacier.

Mr Kasuri told the NDTV news channel that Islamabad could however accommodate Indian concerns by some other mechanism which he did not spell out.

"Pakistan is not for authentication of any positions, but is ready to address India's concerns," he said. "Ways and means can be found to ascertain actual troop positions."

Unnamed Indian officials have been quoted recently as suggesting that Pakistan was more prepared now than ever to accept on paper the positions of Indian troops in the glacier.

India has refused to withdraw its troops from the glacier until Pakistan accepts the positions held by the two sides in the icy, barren region.

Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan had said in New Delhi in November after the first peace talks in nearly a year that Islamabad was willing to accommodate India's position but on the condition that it would not be a final endorsement of India's claim over the glacier.

Mr Kasuri also told the NDTV that the two sides were "discussing many ideas" for the resolution of Kashmir and Siachen issues.

About India's demand that Pakistan dismantle alleged terror camps in Azad Kashmir for the peace process to move smoothly, Mr Kasuri said terrorism was Pakistan's concern also.

"The joint terror mechanism is to address that. Our intentions are clear. If India is the target of terror, so is Pakistan. Pakistan takes anti-terror mechanism very seriously."