Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in a letter to his new Indian counterpart S Jaishankar yesterday said that Islamabad wants talks with New Delhi on “all important matters” and remains committed to efforts for establishing peace in the region.

Qureshi wrote the letter to Jaishankar to congratulate him for taking over as the external affairs minister.

 Former foreign secretary Jaishankar assumed charge as the external affairs minister on May 30.

Qureshi told Jaishankar in the letter that “Islamabad wants talks with New Delhi on all important matters and remains committed to efforts for establishing peace in the region,” the Dawn newspaper reported quoting diplomatic sources.Tensions between the two countries worsened after the Pulwama terror attack.