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Pakistan ready for impartial investigation into ceasefire violations
Envoy suggests probe through UN military observers
AP
WASHINGTON - Pakistan has conveyed its deep concern to the United States over the continued Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed state of Jammu Kashmir that has claimed a dozen lives and struck a blow to the South Asian peace prospects.
“The LoC ceasefire violations are a setback to peace overtures,” Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani told a TV news channel. “We were expecting a positive response to our peace offer but what has now happened along the LoC and the Working Boundary contradicts what the new Indian government had indicated in terms of having a peaceful relationship with Pakistan for economic development of the region,” he said.
He said that Pakistan has taken up this matter of violations with the United Nations and in several world capitals. “We have conveyed our position and concerns in this regard to the highest level at the State Department that Pakistan wants an immediate end to the ceasefire violations through dialogue,” he said. Besides, Pakistan has delivered a formal letter to the UN, addressed to the secretary general, requesting that it be circulated be as official UN document so that Islamabad's concerns are relayed to the world.
The tension is in nobody's interest, Ambassador Jilani said, adding that Islamabad would be willing to have an impartial investigation into ceasefire violations, which continued through the last week. For example, he said that the UN Military Observers Group for India and Pakistan could be entrusted with the responsibility. Pakistan will be ready for such a neutral step.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk