World News | Dialogue between India and Pakistan is a matter for these two countries: US

washington [US]Jan 24 (ANI): US State Department spokesman Ned Price said talks between India and Pakistan were a matter for the two countries.

He made the remarks at a news conference on Monday to answer questions about Pakistani Prime Minister Sheikh Baz Sharif’s call for talks with India and New Delhi’s response to the proposal.

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“We’ve been calling for stability in South Asia for a long time. That’s certainly what we want to see. We want to see it progress,” Ned Price said.

“When it comes to our partnerships, our partnerships with India and Pakistan, these are relationships that exist independently. We don’t see these relationships as zero-sum. They exist independently,” he added.

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“We have long called for stability in South Asia, but the speed, scope and nature of any dialogue between India and Pakistan is a matter for both countries,” he said.

Last week, Pakistani Prime Minister Sheikh Baz Sharif called for “serious and sincere talks” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve outstanding issues. In an interview with Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV, Sharif said Pakistan had learned its lesson after three wars with India and stressed that it now wanted peace with its neighbour.

“My message to Indian leaders and Prime Minister Modi is let’s sit down and have serious and sincere talks to resolve a hot issue like Kashmir. Live in peace and make progress or quarrel and quarrel with each other is up to us . “Waste of time and resources,” Shehbaz Sharif said.

“We have had three wars with India and they have only brought more misery, poverty and unemployment to the people. We have learned our lesson and we want to live in peace with India if we can solve our real problems,” He added.

Responding to Pakistani Prime Minister Sheikh Baz Sharif’s desire to hold talks with Modi, foreign ministry spokesman Arindam Bachi said: “We have said that we always want normal good-neighbourly relations with Pakistan. But there should be a A favorable atmosphere, rather than terror, hostility or violence. That remains our position.” (Ani)

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