Pakistan keen to resolve issues with India through dialogue: PM
Says tit for tat policy must end to change the conditions of the people of the two countries.
LONDON (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan was keen to resolve all outstanding issues with India through dialogue. However‚ he said that resolution of Kashmir issue was possible only when all the three stakeholders-Pakistan‚ India‚ and Kashmiris were on board.
Nawaz Sharif said this while talking to British Foreign Secretary William Hague who called on him here on Wednesday.
The PM said that more than six decades of mutual mistrust between the two countries resulted in to enhanced defence spending at the expense of their social sectors.
This tit for tat policy must end now so that conditions of the people of the two countries could be ameliorated.
Both the leaders at their meeting in London also reviewed security issues and regional situation.
The Prime Minister expressed his appreciation of the continuity of the British Government s support to resolve outstanding issues between Pakistan and India.
The Prime Minister further said that Pakistan wanted peace in Afghanistan and was ready to offer all possible support in this regard. He also emphasized on the need of effective border management system between Pakistan and Afghanistan so that the issue of cross border infiltration could be addressed.
Hague welcomed Pakistan s approach of reconciliation towards resolving all outstanding issues with India and Afghanistan through dialogue and said that he was impressed by Pakistan s efforts to create enabling environment for negotiations.
British Secretary of International Development Justine Greeting also held meeting with the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed matters of mutual cooperation.
British Home Secretary Theresa May also held a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed regional security situation with him.
