Islamabad (PTI): Pushed to the backfoot after the PPP-PML(N) decision to reinstate the deposed judges, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Monday said relations with the new government will be "cordial" and asked the parties to "avoid confrontations" with state institutions.

A high-level meeting chaired by Musharraf at his camp office in Rawalpindi decided to have "smooth and cordial relations" with the new parliament and government and not to adopt a confrontational approach, official sources were quoted as saying by Dawn News channel.

The meeting, attended by Musharraf's close aides and constitutional experts, was convened by the embattled President to evolve a strategy to cope with any situation arising from the decision by the PPP and PML-N to reinstate the judges who were sacked during last year's emergency.

Musharraf told the meeting that he had fulfilled all his promises to the nation, including the pledge to hold free and fair elections.

The winning parties should "avoid confrontations with the state institutions" and "let the system run in accordance with the constitution," sources quoted the President as saying.