• High-level sources say backchannel talks are continuing between the intelligence leaderships of two countries
• Pakistan’s primary interest at the moment is to ensure that Occupied Kashmir gets back its statehood
• The strategic rethink is grounded in the country’s need to prioritise economic matters
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.
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‘Status quo on Kashmir not a solution’
Islamabad
April 23, 2021
Islamabad : Former Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar has cautioned the government of Pakistan against trading a compromise on the rights to Kashmiris for good neighbourly relations with India.
Mr Khokhar was speaking at a webinar on ‘India and South Asia in contemporary times’ organised by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) here.
Mr Khokhar Pakistan is not dealing with a country that is committed to better relations with us as India wants domination of Pakistan the way it has dominated all its other neighbours. He observed that there was a fundamental consensus in India on not giving any concessions to Pakistan on any major issue, especially Kashmir. He said that this consensus among Indian decision-making circles was not a new construct and had been there since Nehru’s time. He urged the decision-makers in Pakistan to assess whether Pakistan was in a strong position to negotiate with India on its term
Pakistan needs to play the geo-strategic game
April 24, 2021
In the post-Cold war era, while the US emerged as the only world’s only superpower, Russia had quickly consolidated its position as a leading military power. While China focused on economic development based on reforms initiated in 1979 it also started building economic and technological ties with the US and the EU.
Since 2001, the US has been fighting the global War on Terror in Afghanistan while also managing its military interventions in the civil war conflicts in the Middle East. Meanwhile, China’s economic advancement has been gathering rapid pace. Hence, as of 2020, China was fast on it way to becoming a global economic and technological hub, second only to the US.
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