Islamabad
\nIn response to some media queries and press reports about remarks made by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari regarding relations with India in his address at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), the foreign office spokesperson stated that the statements were being \u201cinterpreted out of context and portrayed incorrectly.\u201d
\n\u201cThere is no change in Pakistan\u2019s policy on India on which there is a national consensus. Pakistan has always desired cooperative relations with all its neighbours, including India. We have consistently advocated constructive engagement and result-oriented dialogue to resolve all outstanding issues, including the core Jammu and Kashmir dispute,\u201d the statement said.
\nIt added that India\u2019s unabated hostility and retrogressive steps, however, have vitiated the environment and impeded the prospects of peace and cooperation.
\nThe foreign minister clearly articulated this perspective, referring to India\u2019s illegal and unilateral actions in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IOJK) since 5 August 2019, describing them as an assault on the rights of the Kashmiri people, as well as rising Islamophobia in India, that created an environment unconducive for meaningful engagement, it added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe onus, therefore, remains on India to take the necessary steps to create an enabling environment conducive to meaningful and result-oriented dialogue,\u201d the statement said.
\n\u201cThe foreign minister\u2019s remarks are better understood in the overall context of his key message of conflict resolution that he emphasised in his address at the think-tank event,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad In response to some media queries and press reports about remarks made by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari regarding relations with India in his address at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), the foreign office spokesperson stated that the statements were being \u201cinterpreted out of context and portrayed incorrectly.\u201d \u201cThere is no change in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-266570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n