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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday reacted cautiously to an emerging debate within India over keeping open channels of dialogue with Islamabad, saying it would matter only if such views were reflected by official Indian policy.
“We, of course, will see if there is an official reaction to those voices in India,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said at the weekly media briefing while commenting on recent remarks by Indian political and strategic figures advocating engagement with Pakistan.
