Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated Thursday he’s prepared to carry peace talks with India, days after the 2 nuclear-armed neighbors ended their most critical army standoff in practically 30 years.
The Indian and Pakistani armies Thursday determined to proceed “confidence-building measures to scale back alertness degree,” in response to an official assertion launched in New Delhi.
“Further to the understanding between the 2 DGMOs (administrators normal of army operations) on May 10, it has been determined to proceed the confidence-building measures in order to scale back the alertness degree,” the Indian Army stated within the assertion.
The Pakistani safety sources confirmed the 2 DGMOs held a 3rd telephonic dialog on Thursday, and “they’ve agreed to keep up a ceasefire.”
The contemporary assertion comes after tensions rocketed between India and Pakistan, together with an trade of missiles and drones final week, following an assault by unidentified gunmen that left 26 folks useless, principally Indian vacationers, on April 22 in Indian-administered Kashmir.
The hostilities ended after the US mediated a ceasefire between the 2 South Asian neighbors final weekend, which stays in impact.
However, the South Asian neighbors Thursday raised concern over one another’s nuclear arsenal.
“I elevate this query earlier than the world: Are nuclear weapons secure within the fingers of such an irresponsible and rogue nation? Pakistan’s nuclear weapons ought to be taken beneath the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),” Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh stated in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir.
Islamabad, in its response to Singh, stated: “These irresponsible remarks reveal his profound insecurity and frustration regarding Pakistan’s effective defense and deterrence against Indian aggression through conventional means. Pakistan’s conventional capabilities are adequate to deter India, without the self-imposed ‘nuclear blackmail’ that New Delhi suffers.”
“If something, the IAEA and the worldwide neighborhood ought to be anxious concerning the repeated theft and illicit trafficking incidents involving nuclear and radioactive materials in India,” the Pakistani Foreign Ministry stated in a press release.
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