India and Pakistan: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar brushed aside former US President Donald Trump’s assertion that he facilitated a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. In an interview while in the Netherlands. Jaishankar made clear the current ceasefire was achieved through direct bilateral talks between the two countries by themselves. And no interference by anybody else was necessary.
Jaishankar underscored that India-Pakistan matters need to be resolved between the two nations. India wishes to talk, he reaffirmed, but on condition that there’s serious dialogue and priority on an end to cross-border terror.
Trump had before asserted that America had ushered peace between India and Pakistan, referring to their long-standing animosity as a “thousand-year conflict.” India has, however, firmly dispelled any possibility of third-party interference in its external affairs, especially with respect to Kashmir.
Jaishankar explained the historical intricacies between the countries. And traced back their own conflicts to the Partition of 1947 during the interview. He reaffirmed that Pakistan always took provocative steps. Such as infiltrating so-called tribal militia fighters from Pakistan into Kashmir, most of whom were later found to be Pakistani soldiers.
After a terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, when 26 individuals, one of them a Nepalese national, lost their lives, India initiated Operation Sindoor against terror attacks. A focused attack was launched against nine major terror bases in Pakistan and PoK.
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Jaishankar’s statement upholds India’s position that diplomacy solutions with Pakistan must be two-way, dismissing Trump’s assertions of mediation. As India continues to emphasize its security and anti-terrorism foreign policies. The statement vindicates its assertion of taking unilateral decisions in regional matters. With the tension unresolved, India continues to be resolute on how it is going to maintain national security without accepting interference from the outside.
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