Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) President Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has warned that South Asia remains at risk of a full-scale war despite a US-broken truce between India and Pakistan calling for sustained diplomatic efforts and international commitment to avoid further exit.
Talking to US News Network NewsmaxBilawal said that a ceasefire had been obtained between the two nuclear armed neighbors in May using former US President Donald Trump and his team, but warned that peace remained fragile.
“Currently, we have obtained a ceasefire between India and Pakistan thanks to the role of President Trump, his team, secretary Rubio, and that’s a great achievement. The United States deserves credit for it,” he said. “But … We have achieved a ceasefire, we have not achieved peace, and we are actually in a situation in South Asia right now where we [are] Less sure than we were before this conflict. “
Bilawal, who is also chairman of Pakistan’s parliamentary diplomatic committee, warned that the threshold for war between the two rivals had been dangerously declined, especially in the event of a cross -border terrorist attack.
“If there is [is] Any terrorist attack in India or anywhere in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), it means war between India and Pakistan, and it is not sustainable, ”he said.
Tensions between the two countries escalated last month after a deadly attack in Pahaldam, IIOJK, where 26 Indian tourists were killed. On May 7, India launched air strikes on Pakistani soil, causing Islamabad to respond with Operation Bunyanum Marsoos. A US-broken ceasefire was reached on May 10 and stopped further military action.
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Bilawal said Pakistan’s agreement on the ceasefire had come after consultations with Washington and should be seen as the beginning of a wider peace process.
“We did it while communicating with the United States, and we want to communicate that this would just be the start,” he said, calling for dialogue in a neutral place. “We work against permanent peace through dialogue and diplomacy … We should discuss all the friction points with India.”
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While Bilawal expressed confidence in the current US leadership’s willingness to support regional stability, Bilawal also expressed concern that the Indian government could sabotage mediation efforts.
“I also suspect that the Indian government will try to sabotage the president’s efforts,” he said. “Just as President Trump played a role in achieving this truce, we will look at the US to encourage their friend and Ally India to have a dialogue with Pakistan.”
PPP chairman, who praised Trump’s influence, said the former president had confidence in both countries and could help bring them back to the negotiating table.
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“I think President Trump is the one man at the moment who can make peace between India and Pakistan,” he said. “I think his stature, his leadership qualities and his vision support peace … He is friends with Pakistan, he is friends with India so he can talk to both of us as friends and try to convince [us] to get together. “
He reiterated that Kashmir remained a core problem in any future dialogue.
“We have to discuss Kashmir as a root problem … for if [we] Continue to ignore Kashmir, they will continue to produce the cannon for terrorists to use in such events. “
He said Pakistan was willing to engage in terrorism and remembered former US-Pakistan collaboration within this domain.
“We had done a good job while we were working with them. The country that the US president thanks[ed]… After he was elected, President Pakistan was for our cooperation. “
Bilawal also accused India of “arms water” by threatening to cut off the water supply to Pakistan – an act that he said violated international norms.
“We really look at the international community to add their voice to ours by condemning India’s decision to cut off our water,” he said.
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About trade, Bilawal said that conversations with US officials had changed from traditional security concerns to financial cooperation.
“We are actually sitting with Americans talking about trade rather than terrorism, war and other things,” he said, noticing special interest in agriculture and mineral investments.
However, he warned that peace was a prerequisite for foreign investment.
“If we have peace in the region, the business will move on,” he said. “If the aggression [is] Continuing if they [are] Continuing [to] Supported terrorist projects in Balochistan … Then it doesn’t create an environment that is conducive, even if our trade negotiations are going well, ”he added.
