Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stressed that sustainable peace and normalization of relations between Pakistan and India “is impossible without resolving the Kashmir dispute”.
Addressing a conference of Pakistanis abroad, the Prime Minister criticized New Delhi’s approach.
He also urged India to act as a cooperative rather than a hostile neighbor. This information was reported by the Pakistani newspaper The Nation on Sunday.
He added: “If anyone believes that relations between Pakistan and India can be established without addressing the Kashmir issue, he is wrong”.
The Prime Minister stressed that Pakistan seeks dialogue with India on the basis of equality.
He pointed out that the two countries spent billions of dollars on wars. That money could have been invested in achieving prosperity for the people and development.
He continued: “Pakistan and India are neighbors, we must learn to live together”. But let me be clear: there can be no normalization of relations without resolving the Kashmir issue. The blood of the Kashmiri people will not be in vain.
