US desires India and Pakistan to have ‘productive & peaceable relationship’

WASHINGTON, Mar 7: The US has stated it desires India and Pakistan to have a “productive and peaceable relationship” however made it clear that the tempo, scope, and character of any dialogue was a matter for the 2 neighbours to find out.
State Division spokesperson Matthew Miller stated this on Wednesday whereas responding to a query on Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulating the newly-elected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on taking the oath of workplace for his second time period.
“We, in fact, welcome the prime minister’s assertion. The USA values its relationship with each India and Pakistan, and we need to see them have a productive and peaceable relationship,” Miller stated.
“We’d welcome productive and peaceable talks between India and Pakistan, however the tempo, scope, and character of any dialogue is a matter for India and Pakistan to find out,” he stated in response to a different query.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi congratulated Sharif on taking oath because the prime minister of Pakistan. Sharif took the oath on Monday, assuming the cash-strapped nation’s reins for a second time, practically a month after an inconclusive election marred by allegations of vote rigging.
As Sharif assumed workplace, consultants in Pakistan stated they don’t see a direct enchancment in ties between Pakistan and India within the close to future as a consequence of their main variations over the vexed Kashmir concern.
The 2 nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours have been locked in a love-hate relationship since independence from British colonial rule in 1947, having temporary durations of engagement amidst conflicts.
The ties nosedived in 2019 after India abrogated Article 370 of the Structure, revoking the particular standing of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating the state into two Union Territories. (PTI)