Islamabad, Nov 18 : Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will be visiting India on November 25-26 to complete his earlier visit made in June, which had to be cut short due to a political turmoil in his home country.

Quereshi’s visit will be the continuation of an earlier visit in June this year which remained incomplete because he had to return unexpectedly, reported The News.

During his visit, the Pakistani foreign minister will be meeting with the women journalists’ press body in New Delhi, and also attend a meeting of the farmers’ association in Chandigarh.

Islamabad - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Wednesday that his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta had confirmed his government had held talks with Taliban representatives in Saudi Arabia.

"Mr Spanta shared with me that, yes, there was an informal contact between the Afghan government and Taliban that took place between some clergymen from Afghanistan and some elements from the previous setup (Taliban regime) in Afghanistan," he told reporters in Islamabad in a joint press briefing with Spanta.

Spanta said the reconciliation process would move ahead only if militants were "ready to put down their weapons," accept the Afghan constitution and "live a peaceful life."

Islamabad, Sept 26 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Russia was willing to provide defence equipment to Pakistan to help it fight terror.

"Russia is willing to provide equipment to bolster Pakistan''s counter-terrorism capabilities. It is also keen to enhance bilateral relations with Pakistan," Qureshi said at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei V Lavrov, on the sidelines of the ongoing 63rd United Nations General Assembly session in New York.

Islamabad, Sept 10 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that a joint ‘jirga’ between Pakistan and Afghanistan will be held soon after Eid, ostensibly to resolve the issues relating to the Pak-Afghan border area.

Afghanistan has time and again accused Pakistan of fanning terrorism into Afghanistan from across the border.

“Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to initiate the Jirga process and hopefully a joint Jirga will take place in Islamabad immediately after Eid,” he said.

London, July 25 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has supported the new “hot pursuit” policy to tackle terrorism, by not indulging into dialogue with those militants who do not want to lay down arms.

He said Pakistan would engage in dialogue only with those people who renounced violence but would not talk to those who used the language of arms.

Islamabad, July 16: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the US needs to focus on Afghanistan to curb a spurt in attacks by the Taliban as Pakistan has done enough to counter terrorism and extremism by breaking militant networks operating on its soil.

“We have got al Qaeda on the run. To a great extent we have broken many networks in Pakistan and we have banned many organisations in Pakistan. What they (the US) need to concentrate on, in my opinion, is Afghanistan,” Qureshi said.

“Afghanistan should acknowledge that there have been serious failings on their side and they need to improve an effort, they need to improve the Afghan government on their side,” the Daily Times quoted him, as saying.