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Amid tensions between India and Pakistan, after the sentencing of former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said his country “will never hesitate to extend the hand of friendship to all.”
“Pakistan, for its part, shall never waver from returning goodwill with even more goodwill,” Sharif added, according to Dawn.
Accusing India of "defeating the spirit of bilateralism" by defying talks over the Kashmir issue, Pakistan's National Security Adviser Nasser Janjua has said the two neighbours "cannot remain enemies forever", and they need to engage and resolve their disputes.
Pakistan's NSA claimed that the international community is overlooking the Kashmir issue due to their own strategic interests related to India.
"We need to engage with each other and resolve disputes. Pakistan and India cannot remain enemies forever," he said, amid a strain in Indo-Pak ties.
Pakistan's Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad, and discussed preparedness of the army, Kulbhushan Jadhav’s sentencing and the border situation, Radio Pakistan reported.
It was the first direct interaction between the Army Chief and the Prime Minister, PTI reported.
(With inputs from PTI and IANS.)
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