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New Delhi: India and Pakistan today termed as "most productive" the talks between their National Security Advisers which covered all issues of "mutual concern", including spurt in terrorist activities in both countries. "The two National Security Advisers reviewed the status of bilateral relations against the backdrop of recent summit level meeting between the leadership of both countries," a joint press communique said. The communique was issued after talks between National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and his Pakistani counterpart Mahmud Ali Durrani and the latter's meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
"The discussions, which were held in a very cordial atmosphere, covered all issues of mutual concern and interest, including the regional situation. The discussions were most productive," it said.
During the talks between NSAs, Narayanan voiced concern over spurt in ceasefire violations from the Pakistani side and the July 7 suicide attack on Indian embassy in Kabul, for which Afghanistan, India and the US have blamed Pakistani intelligence agency ISI.
The Sir Creek boundary dispute and Kashmir issue are also understood to have figured in the discussions between the two NSAs. "The two NSAs affirmed the utility of a dialogue of this nature and regarded their discussions as providing an important channel of communication between the highest levels in the two governments," the communique said. (PTI) | 
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