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Trump's offer of mediation between Pak, India on Kashmir dispute welcome: Foreign Office
2016-11-11
[DAWN] Foreign Office (FO) Spokesman Nafees Zakaria on Thursday said that Pakistain 'welcomed' the US president-elect Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
's offer to mediate between Pakistain and India on the Kashmire dispute, Radio Pakistain reported.
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During a weekly press briefing in Islamabad, while responding to queries about the victory of Republican Donald Trump in the US presidential elections, Zakaria said that the president-elect had earlier offered mediation between Pakistain and India on Kashmire dispute and said that Pakistain had welcomed that offer.

Zakaria reiterated Pakistain's concern over continued 'atrocities' committed by Indian forces in held Kashmire and said Pakistain would continue to raise the issue at the international level and extend moral, political and diplomatic support to the cause of the Kashmiris.

The FO said Pakistain desires a close relationship with the US, and wishes to further strengthen ties in areas including the economy, defence, science and technology, education, strategic issues and counter-terrorism.

Pakistain will continue to promote and strengthen existing ties in areas of common interest, the FO said.

Posted by:Fred

#3  Preferably the latter, rj.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2016-11-11 16:45  

#2  I agree with befriending India but I don't think the Kashmir issue is solvable short of war or the collapse of Pakistan.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-11-11 16:09  

#1  Kinda seems like he might should mediate our own border disputes first.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-11-11 09:23  

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