Ahead of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's visit to Russia next week, Moscow has told Islamabad to honour its commitments to stop infiltration along the Line of Control and disband terrorist infrastructure to create a conducive atmosphere for the resumption of dialogue with India.

"Normalisation of relations between India and Pakistan would be in the interests of both the nations, as well as strengthening of stability and security in the region," Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko said.

"We in Russia are confident that fulfilment of obligations taken by Islamabad to check the infiltration of militants into the state of Jammu and Kashmir across the Line of Control and the liquidation of terrorist infrastructure could create necessary prerequisites for the resumption of dialogue between the two countries," Yakovenko was quoted as saying by ITAR-TASS news agency.