PNN – The former Pakistani prime minister, who has always supported the normalization of relations with India, called on the Islamabad government to use diplomatic capabilities to resolve tensions with New Delhi instead of any aggressive approach.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, 75, who hosted his Indian counterpart and current Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lahore 10 years ago, called for an extremely cautious approach in resolving the current differences between the two countries.
During a meeting with his brother, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, he was briefed on the country’s recent decisions by the National Security Committee and recommended that tensions with India should be resolved diplomatically.
Nawaz Sharif, who traveled to New Delhi in 2014 to attend Narendra Modi’s inauguration after he was elected as Indian Prime Minister, opposed any aggressive approach to managing the current situation.
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He advised the Pakistani Prime Minister to use all diplomatic and political capacities to de-escalate tensions with India.
This comes after the deadly attack in the Pahalgam region of Indian Kashmir, where the country’s Prime Minister has promised a painful response against the perpetrators of the incident, while at the same time, the finger of blame has been pointed at Pakistan.
In response, the Pakistani Prime Minister has proposed a transparent and independent investigation and has asked India to accept this proposal.
Countries in the region and around the world have also expressed concern about the new phase of tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors on the subcontinent and have called for restraint.
In this regard, Dr. Masoud Pezishkiyan, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, held separate telephone conversations with the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and India.
Pakistan has also welcomed the Iranian Foreign Minister’s announcement of his readiness to help resolve tensions between the two neighboring and brotherly countries of India and Pakistan.