Dawn.com, New York :
United Nations (UN) associate spokesman Farhan Haq at a briefing in New York urged Pakistan and India to take steps to ease tensions, reported Radio Pakistan.
Haq said the UN continues to encourage peaceful resolution of bilateral issues between the two countries.
The UN’s statement comes in the aftermath of a series of provocative statements issued by Pakistani and Indian politicians culminating in Pakistan’s announcement that it would bring Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s statements to the notice of the UN.
Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday said, “Dialogue with India will be of no use if it does not cover Kashmir and water issues.”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an address at Dhaka University in June blamed Pakistan for spreading terrorism and fear in neighbouring India.
Earlier, Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, in a shocking and radical statement, had asserted that terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists.
United Nations (UN) associate spokesman Farhan Haq at a briefing in New York urged Pakistan and India to take steps to ease tensions, reported Radio Pakistan.
Haq said the UN continues to encourage peaceful resolution of bilateral issues between the two countries.
The UN’s statement comes in the aftermath of a series of provocative statements issued by Pakistani and Indian politicians culminating in Pakistan’s announcement that it would bring Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s statements to the notice of the UN.
Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday said, “Dialogue with India will be of no use if it does not cover Kashmir and water issues.”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an address at Dhaka University in June blamed Pakistan for spreading terrorism and fear in neighbouring India.
Earlier, Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, in a shocking and radical statement, had asserted that terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists.
