( CNN ) -- Pakistan and India have agreed to resume peace talks that broke down after the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 , government ministries said Thursday . `` ( Pakistani ) Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has expressed his satisfaction on the important decision taken both by Pakistan and India to resume full spectrum of dialogue , '' said a statement from Pakistan 's foreign ministry . An announcement from India 's external affairs ministry said the foreign minister of Pakistan will visit India by July to `` review progress in the dialogue process . '' Dates for the talks have not yet been set . The decision to resume peace talks came during weekend meetings in Bhutan between the foreign secretaries of each nation . `` I value this development and pay my compliments and good wishes to ( Indian Prime Minister ) Dr. Manmohan Singh , '' Gilani said . Nirupama Rao , India 's foreign secretary , said the talks will focus on a range of issues , such as terrorism and humanitarian , economic and water-related matters . `` There are no overnight solutions and we need time , we need patience to resolve many of these issues . So we 're not raising high expectations , '' she told CNN Thursday . `` We 're not setting overambitious objectives . But this is a re-engagement , and we have to hope for the best . '' Under U.S. pressure , leaders from the nuclear neighbors held several meetings last year in a bid to restart the peace process , but no dramatic headway had been made until recently in resolving outstanding issues . The two countries have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947 . The Himalayan territory of Kashmir -- claimed by both -- has been the cause of two of those conflicts . In 2004 , India and Pakistan agreed to a peace process that covers eight issues , including Kashmir , terrorism and Pakistan 's concerns over river dams on the Indian side , which it sees as a threat to its water supplies . Successive governments on both sides have held talks in an attempt to end their historical acrimony . Singh and Pakistan 's President Asif Ali Zardari hailed results from the negotiations in September 2008 as the countries completed four rounds of diplomatic meetings . But talks were suspended two months later , in November , 2008 , after the terror raid on Mumbai . CNN 's Reza Sayah , Sara Sidner and Harmeet Singh contributed to this report .
Peace talks broke down after the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 . Pakistan and India have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947 . The talks will include discussions on terrorism , Kashmir and humanitarian issues .