Prime Minister: We are ready for peace talks
Islamabad marks the second anniversary of Operation Swift Retort
Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday welcomed the restoration of ceasefire along the de facto border with India known as the Line of Control (LoC) and said that the country remains ready for peace talks. “We have always stood for peace and remain ready to move forward to resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue,” the Pakistan premier said in a tweet.
Imran Khan’s tweet came two days after the directorsgeneral of military operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and India agreed to enforce a ceasefire along the LoC in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, according to a rare joint statement by senior army officials on both sides. “In the interest of achieving mutually beneficial and sustainable peace along the borders” the director generals of military operations from both nations “agreed to address each other’s core issues and concerns,” they said in the statement.
Imran Khan’s comments also came on the day Pakistan was marking the second anniversary of Operation Swift Retort.
Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said yesterday that the country stands “united against any threat or misadventure and will always act with an iron resolve to protect and preserve the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan.”
“We want to live in peace but if our sovereignty is challenged, our response would always be Swift and Resolute,” PAF Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan said.