ISLAMABAD: After close to three weeks of escalating bilateral tension, Indian and Pakistani National Security Advisors finally talked with each other and agreed to attempt defusing tension on the Line of Control (LOC).
Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has confirmed that a contact was established between National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan, after recent tension between both countries on Line of Control (LoC).
Sartaj Aziz said that Lieutenant General (retd) Nasir Khan Janjua and Ajit Doval agreed to reduce tensions on LoC. He said that India wants to divert world’s attention from Occupied Kashmir by escalating tensions.
“Pakistan wants to reduce tensions on LoC and focus on Kashmir”, he added.
“Both officials stressed on the need to establish contact to reduce tensions along the Line of Control,” said Sartaj Aziz, according to a report, which reported that Doval and Janjua spoke today.
At the same time, Aziz said that while Pakistan wants to reduce tensions on the LoC, India wants to do the opposite, to take attention away from the unrest in Kashmir.
He did acknowledge that Pakistan wants to focus on Kashmir. “Pakistan wants to reduce tensions on LoC and focus on Kashmir”, Aziz said.
He added that Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif’s has told world leaders – during his recent visit to the US – that incidents of border tensions will continue between the two countries.
“The Prime Minister had indicated quite clearly that till the issue of Kashmir was not resolved, tensions across the border would remain,” said Aziz.
