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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif shows his willingness to talk with India 

Amid the economic crisis, the cash-strapped Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif showed his willingness to talk with India and stressed that there is "nothing against anyone".

ANI Aug 01, 2023 19:42 IST googleads

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (File Photo/Reuters)

Islamabad [pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis, the cash-strapped Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif showed his willingness to talk with India and stressed that there is "nothing against anyone".
Addressing the opening ceremony of the Mineral Summit in Islamabad, Shehbaz Sharif said that to use build the nation they are ready to talk with the neighbours. 
Despite a history of strained ties between the two nations, since their independence in 1947, the Pakistan PM seeks to promote valuable engagement.
"With our neighbours, we are prepared to talk to them, provided that the neighbour is serious to talk on serious matters on the table because war is no more an option. Pakistan is a nuclear power, not as an aggressor but for our defence purposes. We had three wars fought in the last 75 years. And what happened is it generates more poverty, unemployment and lack of resources to finance, education, health and well-being of the people," PM Sharif said. 
He stressed that this is not the way to adopt, but to fight through economic competition in the region.
"Because if there is any nuclear flashpoint, who will live to tell what happened? So (war) is not an option," PM Sharif said and added that he knows that both countries cannot become normal neighbours unless "abnormalities are removed" and unless the serious issues are understood and addressed through peaceful and meaningful discussions.
India and Pakistan's relations were never normal since the formation of the latter country. India has repeatedly raised its concern over Pakistan's support of cross-border terrorism and has asserted that terror and talks cannot go together.
Following the Indian government’s decision in August 2019 to abolish Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and bifurcate it into two Union territories [J&K and Ladakh], the Pakistan government, then led by Imran Khan, expelled India’s ambassador to Islamabad and halted bilateral trade.
Currently, India has blocked the Pakistan government's account from being viewed on Twitter accounts.
He also said that he wanted to work with Americans. "We want to work with Americans. We used to have a beautiful relationship with them. We really want to have the best of relations with them that we have in the past. on the basis of mutual respect and trust and not trying to deceive each other and trying to use available opportunities for the good of both countries. And similarly with other nations in the world. We have nothing against anybody," PM Sharif said at the ceremony. (ANI)

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