Pakistan’s envoy to the United States has asked President Donald Trump to intervene and help relieve tensions of Altism with the Indian neighbor following a deadly attack in occupied Kashmir Newsweek.
The attack of April 22 at the occupied pahalgama killed 26 people, mostly tourists, who mark one of the most mortal assaults in the region since 2000. India has involved cross -border links without evidence, while Pakistan’s civil and military leadership has rejected the accusation and has requested a neutral investigation.
Since then, the tensions have shot themselves, with Pakistan reinforcing their forces and the first principal of India that grants “operational freedom” to its military. As Pakistan, in the early hours of Wednesday, he said he was waiting for an incursion of India within the next 24-36 hours, diplomatic channels in other countries have committed to avoid a possible military confrontation.
Pakistan ambassador to the United States Rizwan Saeed Sheikh said Newsweek Yesterday, that for a president “defend peace in the world as a pronounced objective during this administration”, referring to Trump, there was no “higher or most prominent flash point” than the problem of Kashmir.
“If we have a president who is defending peace in the world as an objective pronounced during this administration, establishing a legacy as a peacemaker, or as someone who finished wars, challenged the wars and played a role in the de-confliction, solving the disputes with the highest or most prominent nuclear environment in nuclear terms, such as Kashmir,” the soaked of the United States. Newsweek.
“We are not talking about one or two countries in that neighborhood that [sic] They are with nuclear capacity. So, this serious is, “he said in an interview with the American magazine.
In his inaugural speech as president of the United States, Trump had said: “My most proud legacy will be that of a pacifier and unifier.” A high fire, which has now been raped, secured between Israel and Hamas after Trump’s elections, and has also been involved with Ukraine and Russia to stop his war.
According NewsweekSheikh argued that the Trump administration would need to seek a more comprehensive and sustained initiative than in the previous attempts of the United States to calm the crises that have exploded between Pakistan and India.
“I think that with this threat we face, there is a latent opportunity to address the situation not only for [focusing] To an immediate decalatory extent, or a decalcalant approach, ”said the envoy.
He asked for a more lasting and lasting solution to the Kashmir’s dispute, “instead of allowing the situation to remain precarious and appear again and again in the next drop of a hat on this side or that side.”
During his interview, Sheikh emphasized that Kashmir’s theme was the root cause of all problems between India and Pakistan.
“Until that final agreement is made and the resolutions dictate the prescribed solution can be developed, we will all continue to have these problems,” said Sheikh. “That is why we insist that the United States and others play a role in this situation and that the parflicction part is activated,” he added.
If the long data dispute was resolved, said the ambassador, the population of southern Asia could live in peace. “All other problems between Pakistan and India are not important problems,” he said.
“We don’t want to fight, particularly with a bigger country,” said Sheikh. “We want peace. It adapts to our economic agenda; it adapts to our country. It adapts to all the objectives we currently have. But we want peace with dignity.
“We would not want to do it, but if it is imposed, we would prefer to die with dignity than to survive with indignity,” said Sheikh.
The call for Trump to play a role in reducing tensions occurred the same day that the Secretary of State Marco Rubio was expected to talk to the main Pakistani and Indian leaders.
In his telephone call with Rubio yesterday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged the United States to press India to “reduce rhetoric and act responsible.”
In a reading of the call with Prime Minister Shehbaz, issued by the United States Department of State, spokesman Tammy Bruce said: “Both leaders reaffirmed their continuous commitment to hold terrorists responsible for their atrocious acts of violence.”
“The Secretary (Rubio) urged the cooperation of Pakistani officials to investigate this excessive attack. He also encouraged Pakistan to work with India to discourage tensions, restore direct communications and maintain peace and security in southern Asia,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, the conversation with the Minister of External Affairs of India, S. Jaishankar, Rubio “encouraged India to work with Pakistan to unwishly tensions and maintain peace and security in southern Asia.”
Foreign policy ‘turning from geopolitics to geoeconomy’
The sheikh, reiterating the position of Pakistan, rejected any participation of his country in Pahalgam’s attack, arguing that the consequences of this operation could only serve to damage instead of benefiting Pakistan’s interests.
“Pakistan is focusing on a matter of a deliberate, considered and pronounced change of our foreign policy, an axis of geopolitics to geoeconomy,” said the envoy to the envoy, “said the envoy,” said the envoy, “said the envoy,” he said Newsweek.
“We are focused on the geoeconomy side of our geography and our foreign policy. We are currently economically ascending,” said the official, and emphasized that Pakistan only needed a “peaceful neighborhood” in terms of the largest region.
By describing it “so extravagant, so far -fetched, blaming Pakistan” for Pahalgam’s attack, Sheikh said Islamabad was waiting for New Delhi evidence to test a link between the incident and Pakistan.
In addition, the envoy said the attack could be a “false flag operation” performed to intentionally blame Pakistan. He acknowledged that he could not support the claim, but there was “enough circumstantial evidence, history, […] immediate backdrop and configuration […] To entertain that possibility.
Speaking about the unilateral suspension of India last week of the Water Treaty (IWT), Sheikh warned that if there were “an attempt or an appearance of an attempt to stop or maintain water, then it would be a declaration of war.
While it states that it was “physically impossible” to maintain water, the envoy said “all bets are deactivated if it is the food security of 250 million people.”
“If you threaten me with this type of situation that is existential, what is your response expectation?” asked.
On the other hand, the Indian embassy in Washington said Newsweek In a statement: “The terrorists behind the attack will be taken before justice.” SHEIKH’s comments as a “raw attempt to rewrite the story and ignore the facts.”
Paf ‘fully prepared’ to respond to any aggression
Separately, administered by the State Pakistan radio He shared a video that shows the skills and military capabilities of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), including the JF-17 Block III that other countries have also bought in Pakistan.
“PAF remains firm to defend [the] Pakistan aerial borders, ”video subtitles said.
Pakistan radio He informed that the PAF “fully prepared and determined to deliver an overwhelming response to any aggression.”
By pointing out that the PAF was equipped with the latest combat planes, the report says that the Air Force “had always fulfilled its professional responsibilities with the greatest efficiency and dedication for the integrity of Pakistan.”
“The PAF is recognized worldwide for its technical experience and its brave reputation,” he added.
More than 1,000 seminars close in AJK
On Thursday, more than 1,000 religious schools in Azad Jammu and Kashmiro were closed when tensions increased between India and Pakistan, said a local official. AFP.
“We have announced a 10 -day break for all Madrasas in Kashmir,” said Hafiz Nazeer Ahmed, head of the Department of Local Religious Affairs.
A source from the department said it was “due to tensions on the border and conflict potential.”
Neelum Valley, a popular tourist destination northeast of Muzaffrabad, has seen an investment of millions of rupees in tourism and hospitality after the high the fire of 2003 between India and Pakistan.
“Until Tuesday, tourist arrivals had not slowed,” said Deputy Commissioner Nadeem Ahmed Janjua.
“But after the warning of the Federal Minister’s night, about 70 percent are gone. The rest is still here,” he said, referring to the declaration of the Minister of Information Attaullah Tara that Pakistan expected a military action by India.
The tensions are deepened
In a series of climbing developments, Indian combat planes patrolling above assholy occupied during the night on Tuesday they were forced to withdraw after the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) stirred their airplanes.
The state media also said that the Pakistan army responded to the Indian shot not caused during the night in the control line (LOC) in AJK. According to reports, the troops of both countries have been exchanging fire along the LOC since April 25.
On Tuesday, Pakistan’s army had demolished two Indian Quadcopters after they violated the country’s airspace along two separate AJK areas, official sources said.
The same day, Modi had told his Armed Forces that they had “complete operating freedom to decide on the mode, objectives and time of our response to the terrorist attack.”
As the ties between the arches of southern Asia collapsed to the new minimums, raising security concerns, Pakistan briefly closed the airspace on Gilgit-Baltistan yesterday, and an official said that the air routes pass “near the Indian territories.”
In a retaliation of Tit-Forc Tat to Pakistan that closed its airspace for airlines that work with India, Indian also closed its airspace for all Pakistani airplanes until May 23.
ADDITION OF AFP
