Border truce won t resolve Kashmir dispute
AJK president Masood Khan says India must stop massacre of Kashmiris
Pakistan strongly denounced what it called grave human rights violations by Indian forces in the disputed Himalayan valley while New Delhi accused Islamabad for stoking unrest in the region. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
A fragile border truce between longtime nuclear rivals Pakistan and India will not resolve the long-smoldering Occupied Kashmir dispute, Azad Jammu & Kashmir President Masood Khan, said on Monday
In an interview with a private news channel, Khan observed that the cease-fire at the Line of Control (LoC) a de facto border that divides the picturesque Himalayan valley between the two neighbors and de-escalation of tensions would neither resolve the Kashmir issue nor would peace return to the region.
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Daily Times
May 2, 2021
Both the Pakistani and Indian Foreign ministers visited the UAE earlier this month, ostensibly on respective bilateral visits. In diplomacy, nothing happens by chance and unwritten protocols dictate that hosting two Foreign ministers representing two sovereign states at the same time should be avoided as an international diplomatic norm. Unless, of course, there is a multilateral diplomatic meeting or conference. By all indications the two were not on a bilateral visit to the UAE. Especially given that just days earlier, the UAE envoy to Washington disclosed that the UAE has been mediating between Pakistan and India and has “played a role in bringing Kashmir escalation down and creating a ceasefire, hopefully ultimately leading to restoring diplomats and getting the relationship back to a healthy level”. International media also reported back channel “secrets talks” at the intelligence-wing level taking place in Dubai in January, resulting in de-esca
Indian offer led to ‘quiet’ talks on all major issuesInternational 2021-04-25, by Editor Comments Off 0
ISLAMABAD: India approached Pakistan in December 2020 with an offer to reduce tension and offered backchannel talks on all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir, and Pakistan reciprocated favourably, fresh information emanating from official quarters has confirmed.
The Indian offer was discussed among the top Pakistan leadership and a decision was taken to explore all avenues for a peaceful settlement of conflicts by engaging in quiet talks, according to high-level official sources.
India proposed that the two countries start talking on all outstanding issues side by side instead of lumping them together in a composite dialogue, said the sources. The Pakistani leadership has agreed to explore all options that can lead to lowering of tension.