Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said that success in bilateral issues of Pakistan and India is a time-taking affair. Addressing a ceremony as chief guest at the Raising Day celebrations of paramilitary CISF in Ghaziabad, India, Khurshid said that he would not be able to give a timeframe as to when official talks between the two nations could take place in the future, The Indian Express reported quoting PTI.

"Success (in issues related to India and Pakistan) is not achieved in a day or a moment. First the foundation is made and then we subsequently go-ahead to create an edifice," he added.

He was asked if there was any progress in bilateral issues after he met Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in Jaipur on Saturday. The visit of Pakistani Prime Minister was "not an official" trip and it was a courtesy extended by the Indian government when Ashraf desired to visit the Sufi shrine in Ajmer along with his family, he added.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2013