ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States did agree on joint operations but it didn’t necessarily mean presence of foreign troops on Pakistani soil, said the Foreign Office spokesperson on Thursday. Addressing a press briefing, Tehmina Janjua said that during recent visits of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator John Kerry to Pakistan, the two countries agreed on joint operations. But, she clarified, it didn’t necessarily mean presence of foreign troops in Pakistan. It could be sharing of intelligence, she added. The spokesperson said the dialogue process with India was going according to schedule and the two sides are in the process of finalising dates for the foreign secretary-level talks on peace and security, Jammu and Kashmir, and friendly exchanges. “Pakistan is going into the dialogue process with India with an open and constructive mind and with the objective of having result-oriented talks,” she said. app