NEW DELHI: Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit said the issue of Kashmir was the core of all the problems between the two countries.
He cautioned the Indian authorities that Pakistan does not require ‘hyper-nationalism’ to pursue its foreign policy objectives. “How on earth is it possible to isolate a country on terrorism when that country itself is the worst victim of terrorism?” he asked.
He was speaking at the Indian Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies. It is only through sustained diplomacy that Pakistan and India can address their issues and forge an effective cooperative model to their mutual benefit, he said.
According to Baist, the Kashmir issue ‘has made both the countries mutually antagonistic’. In the wake of Uri terror attack – which India blames Pakistan for – India has been trying to isolate Pakistan internationally.
This article was originally published in the Times of India.
