Govt delegation to visit London, Switzerland to hold talks with estranged Baloch leaders
The delegation will include several prominent personalities.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A government delegation will soon visit London and Switzeland to hold talks with estranged Baloch leaders including Nawabzada Brahamdagh Bugti and Khan of Kalat.
According to official sources, the delegation will include several prominent personalities and key meetings are likely to be held in Quetta and Islamabad to finalise the agenda.
The development comes a day after Brahamdagh Bugti, an exiled Baloch separatist leader based in Switzerland, demonstrated his willingness, for the first time in almost a decade, to negotiate with Pakistan to peacefully end the prolonged insurgency in the southwestern province of Balochistan.
In an interview with BBC Urdu, Bugti said if his friends and allies wanted to coexist with Pakistan, he would also respect their decision. He said that he wants to resolve all issues politically and peacefully.
Bugti, 34, who leads the outlawed Baloch Republican Party (BRP), had always rejected negotiations in the past and remained firm in his stance for an ‘independent’ Balochistan.
After his statement, the Balochistan government contacted tribal leaders of Kalat jirga and nawabs and decided to send a delegation to holds talks with the estranged Baloch leaders in London and Switzerland.
