US stated it has lengthy known as for regional stability in South Asia. (Representational)
Washington:
The talks between India and Pakistan is a matter for these two nations, US State Division Spokesperson Ned Value has stated. His remarks got here at a press briefing on Monday in response to a query concerning Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s name for talks with India and New Delhi’s response to the provide.
Ned Value stated, “We now have lengthy known as for regional stability in South Asia. That is actually what we wish to see. We wish to see it superior.”
“On the subject of our partnership, our partnerships with India and Pakistan, these are relationships that stand on their very own. We don’t see these relationships as zero-sum. They stand on their very own,” he added.
“We now have lengthy known as for regional stability in South Asia, however the tempo, the scope, the character of any dialogue between India and Pakistan is a matter for these two international locations, India and Pakistan,” he stated.
Final week, Shehbaz Sharif known as for “severe and honest talks” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve the excellent points. In an interview with Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV, Mr Sharif stated Pakistan has discovered its lesson after three wars with India and harassed that now it needs peace with its neighbour.
“My message to the Indian management and Prime Minister Modi is that permit’s sit down on the desk and have severe and honest talks to resolve our burning factors like Kashmir. It’s as much as us to stay peacefully and make progress or quarrel with one another and waste time and assets,” Mr Sharif stated.
“We now have had three wars with India, and so they have solely introduced extra distress, poverty, and unemployment to the folks. We now have learnt our lesson, and we wish to stay in peace with India, supplied we’re in a position to resolve our real issues,” he added.
Reacting to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s need of holding talks with PM Modi, Ministry of Exterior Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stated, “We now have already stated that we have now all the time wished regular neighbourly relations with Pakistan. However there ought to be a conducive ambiance which doesn’t have terror, hostility or violence. That is still our place.”
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