Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Bajwa on Saturday said that Russia’s irruption of Ukraine must be” stopped incontinently”, nominating it a great tragedy.
Speaking at the Islamabad Security Dialogue, Gen Bajwa expressed Pakistan’s serious concern over the conflict, adding that”despite licit security enterprises of Russia, its aggression against a lower country can not be blinked.”
“Pakistan has constantly called for an immediate ceasefire and conclusion of the conflict. We support immediate dialogue between all sides to find a continuing result to the conflict,” he added.
He said the Russian irruption of Ukraine was veritably unfortunate as thousands of people had been killed, millions made deportees and” half of Ukraine destroyed”.
The army chief said the conflict gave a stop-gap to lower countries that they could still defend their home with lower but nimble forces against aggression by a bigger country by carrying out picky modernization of outfit.
He noted that Pakistan had enjoyed excellent defence and profitable connections with Ukraine since its independence but relations with Russia were” cold” for a long time because for multitudinous reasons. Still, some positive developments in this regard had taken place lately, he added.
Pakistan had transferred philanthropic backing to Ukraine via Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aeroplanes and would continue to do, he said. He advised that the durability or expansion of the conflict would not serve the interests of any side, least of all the developing countries which would continue to face the socio-profitable costs of the conflict, which he said could” fluently get out of hand”.
Gen Bajwa refocused out that there were two camps internationally — those who supported condensation and those who supported cooperation — and the unborn vision of security would be decided grounded on which camp prevailed.
“I believe the world moment is erected by those who believe in cooperation, respect and equivalency, rather of division, war-mongering and dominance.”
Pakistan’s interests were served only when cooperation rather than disputation between power centres was promoted, he said, calling on the transnational community to support collaborative countries similar to Pakistan rather than those who wish to gain from this contest.
Indian bullet incident
During his speech, Gen Bajwa nominated India’s” accidental” launching of a supersonic voyage bullet into Pakistan on March 9 as a matter of” serious concern”, saying”we anticipate India to give substantiation to assure Pakistan and the world that their munitions are safe and secure.”
“Unlike other incidents involving strategic munitions systems, this is the first time in history that a supersonic voyage bullet from one nuclear-fortified nation has landed in another,” he said.
The incident had raised” serious enterprises” about India’s capability to manage and operate high-end munitions systems, Gen Bajwa said, adding that the neighbouring country’s” indifferent station in not informing Pakistan incontinently about the unintentional launch” was inversely concerning.
The bullet incident first came to light on March 10 whenInter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar participated in details of an Indian” high-speed flying object” that fell in Mian Channu, Khanewal quarter.
India issued a statement on March 11, two days after the factual launch of the bullet, saying it was an accident.
