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‘Islamabad wants to talk’: S Jaishankar receives letter from Pakistan’s Qureshi

In a letter to Jaishankar, Pakistani external affairs minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Islamabad remains committed to establishing peace in the region.

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Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in a letter to his new Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on Friday said that Islamabad wants talks with New Delhi on “all important matters” and remains committed to efforts for establishing peace in the region.

Qureshi wrote the letter to Jaishankar to congratulate him for taking over as the External Affairs Minister.

Former foreign secretary Jaishankar assumed charge as the External Affairs Minister on May 30.

Qureshi told Jaishankar in the letter that “Islamabad wants talks with New Delhi on all important matters and remains committed to efforts for establishing peace in the region,” the Dawn newspaper reported quoting diplomatic sources.


Also read: Jaishankar to travel to Bhutan in first overseas trip as external affairs minister


 

Tensions between the two countries worsened after the Pulwama terror attack and both the countries were almost on the brink of a war after India’s military planes struck a terrorist training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot on February 26 and Pakistan carried out a counter-offensive the next day.

Breaking the ice in bilateral ties, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 26 spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on phone and expressed his desire to work together for peace and prosperity in the region.

Modi on his part called for creating trust and an environment free of violence and terrorism for fostering peace and prosperity in the region.

India has rejected Pakistan’s offer of talks, maintaining that terror and talks cannot go together.


Also read: Jaishankar to travel to Bhutan in first overseas trip as external affairs minister


 

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2 COMMENTS

  1. Kabhi dhoop kabhi chauv. Diplomats on both sides must be reciting: “Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,
    We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!”. It is summer season again in the cycle of war-and-peace!!

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