Iran Ready to Mediate in India-Pakistan Dispute; Islamabad welcomes
Islamabad Welcomes Iran's Role in Easing Tensions with India, Says PM
President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed Iran’s readiness to help relieve tensions between India and Pakistan following a fatal terrorist attack in the Indian-administered Kashmir.
In a telephone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday, Pezeshkian underscored the need for a united effort to confront terrorism.
Pointing to the recent terrorist attack in Kashmir, the Iranian president called for increased regional cooperation to eradicate terrorism and its financial and arms support networks.
He noted that the terrorist attack in Pahalgam not only resulted in the loss of innocent lives but also heightened tensions among the regional countries, his official website reported.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had a telephonic conversation on Saturday evening, during which the former welcomed Iran’s readiness to help de-escalate tensions between Pakistan and India, Tehran’s state-run IRNA reported.
PM Shehbaz welcomes Iran’s willingness to help ease Pakistan-India tensions
The April 22 attack in Pahalgam killed 26 people, mostly tourists, and is one the deadliest armed attack in the disputed Himalayan region since the year 2000. Responsibility for the attack was allegedly claimed by the hitherto unknown The Resistance Front (TRF).
Since the incident, the nuclear-armed nations have unleashed a raft of measures against each other, with India unilaterally suspending the critical Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and Pakistan retaliating by threatening to put the Simla Agreement in abeyance and closing its airspace for Indian flights.
India has implied cross-border linkages of the attackers, while Pakistan strongly denied any involvement.
