SRINAGAR, (PTK): Abdul Basit served as Pakistan’s high commissioner to India from 2014 to 2017. Retired diplomat about a recent suicide bombing that killed 40 CRPF men were killed and brought the two nuclear-powered South Asian rivals dangerously close to war.
Abdul Basit while taking to Geo TV said that there is always a way forward, but it takes two to tango. India must respond positively to Pakistan’s 1998 proposal for a Strategic Restraint Regime.
He added that the proposal seeks three inter-locking objectives, namely, nuclear stability, conventional balance and the resolution of Jammu and Kashmir. However, I am not very optimistic the way things are in India. You cannot expect sanity to come from extremism and hubris.
“We need to inject energy and purpose into our lackadaisical Kashmir diplomacy. To begin with, Pakistan needs to appoint a Special Envoy for Jammu and Kashmir with a mandate to coordinate all diplomatic activities on Kashmir” he said.
He added this one step, I assure you, can make a huge difference on the external front, provided we appoint a person whose credentials are well established and beyond reproach.
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