New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday met Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for the first time since the memo scandal and said that the country's security and internal integrity are non negotiable.
The prime minister said that democracy is the only way forward for Pakistan.
During the meeting Gilani also said that Pakistan is committeed to have good relations with its neighbours.
"Our countrymen believe we are victim of terrorism," Gilani said, adding that Pakistan is a peace loving country.
Gilani further said that Pakistan "will not allow terrorist activity on our soil".
Earlier Kayani on Saturday met President Asif Ali Zardari triggering speculation that moves could be made to resolve the tense stand-off between the government and the powerful military.
The meeting that lasted for about an hour was the first between the two since the memo scandal triggered tense confrontation between the two sides.
Sources told that leaders in the Pakistan People's Party-led government and foreign diplomats had played a key role in arranging the meeting between Zardari and Kayani.
This comes against the backdrop of an escalating row over the alleged memo that had sought US help to stave off a feared military coup in Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden in May last year.
On Monday, a 17-member bench of the Supreme Court will hear the government's response to a six-point "do-or-die" ultimatum given by it to the government to reopen old graft cases against Zardari and others.
The government has so far refused to carry out these orders, prompting the apex court to say that it could take action against Zardari as well as Gilani. The Court had described Gilani as "not an honest man".
With additional information from PTI
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