In the history of International Relations Pakistan and India have been remained the hostile neighbors to one another because of their old issues between them and the biggest issue is the Kashmir issue, to resolve these issues between them, the two countries have met for bilateral negotiations in different times. In these bilateral talks the Agra Summit has a unique place in the history which broke down the deadlock between the two countries. This research paper is about the Agra Summit, which took place in Agra (India) in 2001 between Musharraf and Vajpayee. This paper will analyze the Agra Summit with details. The researcher has used the qualitative method. Historical and analytical methods are used as well. Pakistan has been always of the view that all disputes including the Kashmir issue should be resolve through negotiations, and the Kashmir issue should be resolved first because it is the main cause of tension between the two countries and there will be no confidence and trust between the two countries until the Kashmir issue resolve through bilateral talks while India has been always of the view that Kashmir is the integral part of India and there is no need to negotiate on Kashmir and India is ready to talk on other issues. The same situation occurred during the Agra Summit, India was not ready to talk about the Kashmir issue. Later in bilateral talks at Agra Summit between the two countries although India agreed to talk about the Kashmir issue but there was no sincerity in the attitude of India.
Key words: Agra Summit, Musharraf, Vajpayee, Pakistan, India, Kashmir, dispute
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