Pakistan sees many positive sentiments in Indian PM's peace offer
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, March 24, IRNA
Pakistan-Indian PM
Pakistan said on Friday that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's fresh peace offer has many positive sentiments and a strong acknowledgement of the need to move forward on Jammu and Kashmir and other issues.
Indian PM Manmohan Singh on Friday offered Islamabad a treaty of peace, security and friendship while inaugurating a new bus service between the two countries.
"We need bold steps by the leadership of both countries to resolve the outstanding issues. We also need sincerity and flexibility in order to overcome the legacy of the past," spokesperson of the Pakistan Foreign Ministry said.
Referring to the Indian Prime Minister's remarks that both countries should address the problems like poverty, disease and ignorance, spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said in a statement that Pakistan has always stated that the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir issue can release the full potential of the peoples of South Asia to make progress and fight poverty, disease and ignorance.
President Musharraf has also stated that these are very serious challenges facing the nations of this region.
"We also see Pakistan as the hub of economic activity. That is why we have offered energy corridors to India from Central Asia and Iran," she said.
The spokesperson said that in view of the ground realities and the unrealized vast potential of the peoples of South Asia, Pakistan has always emphasized the need for building confidence and resolving problems specially the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
She said Kashmir dispute has been at the heart of conflict, mistrust and hostility and which has bedeviled relations between the two countries for such a long time.
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