Pakistan can't ignore situation at Line of Control: FO spokesperson
January 16, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cannot ignore the situation at the Line of Control, Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said giving the example of loss of lives during the past few days.
The FO spokesperson was speaking to Hamid Mir in Geo News programme Capital Talk, where he responded to a question pertaining to back door diplomacy keeping in view the tense relations between the neighbouring countries.
The FO spokesperson said that Pakistan was also keenly observing the budding nexus between India and Israel, as the two countries edged closer towards a free trade pact, which was likely to include defence cooperation.
The foreign office spokesperson welcomed the statements given earlier by Department of State’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Ambassador Alice Wells.
Wells earlier said that the US sought to move towards a new relationship with Pakistan, based on mutual interest in realising a stable and prosperous region.
Dr Faisal said that the US diplomat’s statements are in accordance with the United Nations charter, respecting sovereignty of other countries and not interfering in their personal matters.
On January 11, the Pakistan Foreign Office said it was in talks with the United States over matters of mutual interest, including security assistance, but it was too soon to reveal more at this point in time.
Indian ceasefire violations may lead to strategic miscalculation, warns Pakistan
On Monday, Pakistan had warned New Delhi over its deliberate targetting of civilian populated areas across the LoC, saying ceasefire violations by India may lead to a "strategic miscalculation."
"The deliberate targetting of civilian populated areas and troops carrying out maintenance activities is indeed deplorable and contrary to human dignity, international human rights and humanitarian laws," read a statement by Pakistan's Foreign Office.
The statement came after Islamabad summoned Indian Deputy High Commission JP Singh to its Foreign Office following the martyrdom of four Pakistani troops in unprovoked Indian firing across the LoC.
"In 2018, the Indian forces have carried out more than 100 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary in just 15 days," the statement said. "This unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India is continuing from the year 2017 when the Indian forces committed more than 1,900 ceasefire violations."
