Pakistan Reiterates for Peaceful Solution of Disputes With India

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Pakistan Reiterates for Peaceful Solution of Disputes With India

Pakistan on Monday reiterated its call for resolution of all issues with India through peaceful means, saying it was now for New Delhi to respond.

Pakistan on Monday reiterated its call for resolution of all issues with India through peaceful means, saying it was now for New Delhi to respond.

"We have maintained throughout in the past and since the crisis started that we want solution of all issues through peaceful means, through negotiations, through talks," Foreign Office spokesman Aziz Ahmed Khan said at a regular news briefing here.

Khan said Pakistan made several offers in this regard and had always welcomed the opportunity where the discussions could be held and belligerence avoided.

"The ball is in India's court," he said , adding "we have always been ready for talks but it is for them to respond."

"It is for them to come forward. We would certainly welcome opportunity," he added.

"We would also like that the Indian government de-escalate the situation, defuse tension and follow the path of negotiation and diplomatic channel to defuse the situation and resolve any situation that arises between the two countries," Khan said.

Khan said that Pakistan would welcome any message from India as far as resolution of situation through diplomatic means was concerned.

"We will certainly respond to that and we will engage with India through diplomatic means as we had been asking them in the past," he added.

He said that Pakistan expected from all the friendly countries to intervene as far as diffusion of tension was concerned

On Pakistan's stand against terrorism, Khan said that Pakistan had in the past taken action and cooperated with the international community and would continue do so as far as the fight against terrorism was concerned.

"Pakistan has stood against terrorism, Pakistan has itself been a victim of terrorism," he said.

Khan said that action would be taken against any group, individual or organization indulged in terrorist activities. "But that is because of Pakistan's principled position against terrorism, the position that Pakistan has always taken," he added.

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