Islamabad, Dec 27, SPA -- The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan began two-day talks Monday that will include their first formal dialogue on disputed Kashmir since they launched a peace process a year ago, officials said. Pakistan's Riaz Khokar and his Indian counterpart ShyamSaran will also review progress made in two rounds ofnegotiations held since February, aimed at ending 57 yearsof hostility between the neighboring countries. "The foreign secretaries will discuss what progress hasbeen made in the whole (peace) process, where we stand andwhere we can go forward from here," said Pakistan ForeignMinistry spokesman Masood Khan. Khokar and Saran _ are expected to set a calendar for the nextround of talks by senior officials on issues includingborder disputes, fighting drugs and terrorism, economiccooperation and nuclear confidence-building. "One track has moved forward quite expeditiously and thatis steps taken for building confidence," Khan said."Progress on peace and security and the Kashmir issue hasbeen a bit slow. There is a realization of this among thepeople and in the leadership that this needs to be takenforward." The foreign secretaries are expected to discuss Kashmir onthe second day of the talks. Over the weekend, Saran told reporters that Kashmir was a"complicated issue" and it was necessary to "buildconfidence" to resolve it. Khan said the foreign secretaries would devise a futurestrategy for the peace process and "clean up theatmosphere that got polluted in the past few days." "It will be good if we get an early result from thetalks, but if it takes time we should be patient andsteadfast because talks and negotiations with each otherare better than fighting with each other."--SPA 1115 Local Time 0815 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/227874