Tuesday, 19 February 2019

China urges restraint by India, Pakistan on Pulwama terror attack

Beijing, Feb 19 China on Tuesday urged restraint by India and Pakistan amid escalating tensions over the Pulwama terror attack and called on the nations to gently resolve their issues through dialogue as soon as possible.

On February 14, somewhere around 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were murdered in Kashmir's Pulwama area in a suicide attack claimed by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror group.

The attack has heightened bilateral tensions with both New Delhi and Islamabad calling back to back their envoys for "consultations". India on Friday declared the withdrawal of the Most Favored

Country status for Pakistan and climbed the traditions obligation by 200 percent on merchandise beginning from the neighbouring country.

"Pakistan and India are both important nations in South Asia. A stable bilateral relationship between the two is essential to the peace and stability in the region," Geng Shuang, representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry told a media briefing when asked about the tensions between the two countries following the Pulwama attack.

"South Asia has maintained an overall stability which ought to be valued and maintained by all sides. China hopes that Pakistan and India will exercise restraint, engage in dialogue and realise the soft landing of the relevant issues as soon as possible," he said.

To another question about Saudi Arabia and Pakistan consenting to USD 20 billion arrangement for Saudi interests in Pakistan amid the simply finished up visit of Saudi crown ruler Muhammad Bin Salman, Geng stated, "China is happy to see Pakistan having amicable trades and participation with different nations including Saudi Arabia".

On the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Geng stated, "It will help with connectivity and shared development. China is prepared to based on meeting and accord with Pakistan have a third party cooperation."

"The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a pilot project under the BRI (Belt and Road Initiative). It is focused on counsel and joint effort for shared advantages and when foreign minister Wang Yi visited Pakistan the two sides agreed to third party cooperation under this framework.

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