NEW YORK: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed hope that Pakistan and India would be able to engage in a meaningful dialogue to resolve their disputes, ARY News reported on Saturday.
Responding to a question from a Pakistani journalist at a New York press conference, the UN chief said his organisation has done its job in that regard, referring to the June 14 UN report that calls for the establishment of a ‘commission of inquiry’ to investigate the grave human rights violations in Indian-occupied Kashmir.
Guterres added that he has been offering his good offices in relation to the dialogue between the two countries.
We need international cooperation more than ever, but simply saying this will not make it happen. Many people aren’t convinced and we need to understand why – and act on that understanding. https://t.co/l3i3tU8WB7
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) January 18, 2019
“I’ve been offering my good offices in relation to the dialogue between the two countries that, until now, had no conditions of success,” he said. “The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has produced recently a very detailed report. So, the UN has clearly done its job in that regard. I hope that the importance of both India and Pakistan is such in international affairs, I hope that the two countries will be able to engage in a meaningful dialogue.”
On Jan 18, Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing in Khuiratta and Kotkhetera sectors along the Line of Control, (LoC) targeting civil population, said the military’s media wing.
Indian forces had targeted civil population which resulted in injuring a resident of Tain village, identified as, Muhammad Mushtaq.
The Pakistan Army responded effectively, targeting Indian posts. Three Indian soldiers were killed in the retaliatory fire.
