On Sunday, Prime Minister Imran Khan stated that Pakistan will resume talks with India if New Delhi restored Jammu and Kashmir’s pre-August 5, 2019 status.
On August 5, 2019, India revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370, dividing the state into two Union territories.
“Reviving relations with India without the latter reinstating the status of Kashmir will be equivalent to turning our back on the Kashmiris,” Khan stated during a live question-and-answer session with the public.
Imran Khan stated that if India reverses its August 5 actions, “then we can surely conduct discussions.”
New Delhi has consistently said that Jammu & Kashmir is a part of India and that the nation is capable of managing its own problems.
India has expressed its wish for regular neighborly ties with Pakistan in an atmosphere devoid of terror, animosity, and bloodshed. India has stated that it is Pakistan’s responsibility to establish an atmosphere devoid of terror and animosity.
Ties between India and Pakistan deteriorated following a terror assault on the Pathankot Air Force base by militant organizations operating in the neighboring nation in 2016. Subsequent assaults, notably one on an Indian Army base in Uri, strained the relationship even further.
The relationship deteriorated further when India’s airplanes bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training center deep within Pakistan on February 26, 2019, in response to the Pulwama terror assault, which killed 40 CRPF personnel.
Relations worsened when India announced the withdrawal of Jammu and Kashmir’s special powers and the division of the state into two union territories.
However, there has been some progress recently, with the two countries agreeing in February to restore peace along the Line of Control. Backchannel diplomacy is reported to have been used by competing authorities to defuse tensions.
Khan also addressed various questions concerning internal concerns, like inflation, and stated that his administration was working hard to reduce commodity costs. He also stated that Pakistan will continue to see economic progress in the coming months, describing the process as slow and time-consuming.
