While insisting that a dialogue between the two important regional players, Pakistan and India, was a matter between the two countries, the United States has stated that it has been an explicit proponent of regional stability in South Asia.
Ned Price, a spokesperson for the US State Department, stated at a press briefing on Monday in Washington that while “we have long called for regional stability in South Asia,” “the pace, the scope, and the character of any dialogue between India and Pakistan is a matter for those two countries.”
The senior US official made the statement a week after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the leadership of the United Arab Emirates could play a significant role in bringing India and Pakistan to the table and asked his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, to hold serious and sincere talks to resolve pressing issues, including Kashmir.
Notwithstanding, after a day the State head’s Office explained that discussions with India can occur after the nation inverts its “unlawful activity of August 5, 2019”, which was focused on illicitly changing the demography of the Muslim-larger part territory of Indian involved Kashmir.
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The spokesperson for the US State Department addressed the press at a briefing and emphasized the significance of Pakistan and India to regional stability.
According to Price, the United States has long called for stability in the region. We definitely want to see that. We want to see it move forward.
The senior official stated that the United States’ ties to India and Pakistan “stand on their own” and were not “zero-sum.”
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Price stated that the United States would collaborate with any elected Pakistani government and was open to it in response to another question.
Pakistan is one of our partners; We have a few things in common. Over the course of each government, we have demonstrated that we want to see constructive relations with Pakistan.
However, he emphasized that the United States evaluates governments based on their policies.
He stated to journalists, “It would ultimately be a question of the type of policy that any future government of Pakistan might pursue.”
