Pakistan is ready to discuss three main issues, including Kashmir, cross-border terrorism, and sharing of Indus River waters, if talks are held with India, Pakistani defense minister Khawaja Asif told Geo News television.

“We have three main issues in our relations with India: Kashmir, terrorism, and water. They have existed for the last 76 years. Pakistan is the biggest victim of terrorism, and this issue must be resolved, as well as the Kashmir issue, over which Pakistan and India warred against each other three times,” the Pakistani defense minister said. “The issue of this territory must be put on the agenda of Pakistan-India talks.”

According to Asif, Pakistan’s dispute with India over the use of the waters of the Indus River was settled in 1960 by a treaty, which cannot be suspended by a unilateral decision of New Delhi.

“The ceasefire agreement with India signed on May 10 was a diplomatic victory for us, achieved as a result of Pakistan’s display of restraint and military might in the conflict with that country,” the Pakistani defense minister added.

Relations between India and Pakistan have strained considerably after the April 22 terror attack in the popular tourist town of Pahalgam in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 25 Indians and one Nepali.