Naval officers at an Independence Day ceremony last month in Karachi, Pakistan.CreditCreditAkhtar Soomro/Reuters
New York Times: Pakistan’s Military Has Quietly Reached Out to India for Talks
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Concerned about Pakistan’s international isolation and faltering economy, the country’s powerful military has quietly reached out to its archrival India about resuming peace talks, but the response was tepid, according to Western diplomats and a senior Pakistani official.
The outreach, initiated by the army’s top commander, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, began months before Pakistan’s national elections. Pakistan offered to resume on-and-off talks with India over their border dispute in the Kashmir region, which stalled in 2015 as violence flared up there.
A key objective for Pakistan in reaching out to India is to open barriers to trade between the countries, which would give Pakistan more access to regional markets. Any eventual peace talks over Kashmir are likely to involve an increase in bilateral trade as a confidence-building measure.
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WNU Editor: India wants more than just the promise of resuming peace talks to show up at the table.They want to see a major concession first.
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