SHAFAQNA PAKISTAN (Shia News Agency)
In a positive development India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has adopted a new foreign policy formula, which calls for peaceful and cooperative relations with Pakistan in fighting terrorism. The policy pitched for peaceful engagement with Pakistan to gain the neighbour’s cooperation to root out terrorism in the region, said the media reports.
Finally the BJP postures towards a more balanced foreign policy with regard to Pakistan. Few months ago, under pressure from party, India had suspended dialogues with Pakistan.A spokesman for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs had said that there is no place for a third party in the dialogue process with Pakistan.
Delhi has used the terror card to derail talks since long before Modi came to power. And his position has been no different so far. The draft coming from the executive, though, called for ‘ peaceful and friendly relations with Pakistan, predicated on an end to terrorism’ and ‘gain the neighbour’s cooperation to root out terrorism from the region’. This, as the language suggests, is a departure from the old line, which called for Pakistan to ‘dismantle’, etc, the terror infrastructure before serious talks.
Islamabad though always showed its willingness to continue dialogue with India; it should once again warmly welcome these talks. Pakistan and India can move forward while keeping aside the Kashmir issue because it is the highly divergent point between the two.
pakistan.shafaqna.com
