NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani reached Delhi along with a delegation to hold two day talks with his Indian counterpart Ranjan Mathai from 4-5 July.

Speaking with the media representatives at the IGI airport at Delhi, soon after his arrival, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani said, “I have brought good wishes and I am looking forward to my very constructive dialogue with my counterpart Ranjan Mathai,” said Jalil Abbas Jilani.

He said, “I have been mandated by the leadership to move this peace process forward”.

Jilani was received at the airport by Pakistan's High Commission to New Delhi Salman Bashir, officers of the High Commission and Joint Secretary (PAI) in the Ministry of External Affairs of Government of India Y.K. Sinha.

Foreign Office of Pakistan has announced that it would be holding the two-day Foreign Secretary level talks on “Peace and Security” including CBMs, Jammu and Kashmir and Friendly Exchanges in New Delhi.

According to the statement issued by the Foreign Office said the talks on these segments would be led by Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani.

The visit of the Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani to India for bilateral talks will also provide an opportunity to the two foreign secretaries to exchange views on bilateral matters.