ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that conflicts should be resolved through dialogue, but it was difficult to “move forward” with the extreme national government of Narendra Modi in India.
While giving an interview to Chinese media, the premier said that Kashmir was Pakistan’s only issue with India.
India and Pakistan have fought three wars since the independence in 1947 over the Kashmir region. In 2019, tensions between the two countries heightened dramatically after New Delhi revoked the special status of the occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
“I am one of those people who firmly believes that we should resolve all our differences through political dialogue,” PM Imran Khan said, referring to India.
“There hasn’t been a government like this in India since our independence 74 years ago,” Khan said. “Unfortunately, we find it very difficult to move forward with it.”
“Rather than trying to resolve that issue, India has made things worse,” the prime minister said. “I hope sooner or later we will resolve it through political dialogue.”
Speaking about bilateral cooperation between Pakistan and China, he said that CPEC is extremely important. He said the Chinese investment that came in for connectivity and power generation came at a very crucial time in Pakistan. He said now CPEC is going on to the second stage focusing on industrialization, information technology and agriculture.
Responding to a question about China-US ties, the premier said that the world does not need another Cold War. He said, “I hope this does not escalate into another Cold War”.
“We have good relations with the United States and we have iron brother relations with China,” he said, adding that Pakistan want to play an instrumental role to bridge gaps between the two countries.
