New Delhi on Sunday hoped President Pervez Musharraf would stand by his commitment not to allow Pakistani territory to be used for terrorist acts against India.

"We are hopeful that President Musharraf will stand by the commitment he made on January 6, 2004. We hope that cross-border activity will cease and terrorist movement will stop," External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh said on the sidelines of 'The Second International Law Conference'.

The minister said there had been "several interactions" with Pakistan on the issue since "lot of interests" were involved and India was keen to take the talks forward when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Pakistani leaders in Dhaka during the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit in January next year.

However, there would not be any set agenda for the talks when the leaders of the two countries meet in Dhaka, he added.

Singh said India would soon have eight meetings with Pakistan to discuss interaction between the trading communities of both countries, linking the countries by rail and road, opening up of consulates in Karachi and Mumbai apart from talks on nuclear issues and cross-borer terrorism.

Singh will meet Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, the SAARC chairman, when he comes to New Delhi for a three-day visit on November 23.