New Delhi: India on Monday sought to downplay reported remark of the Pakistan’s envoy here on the killing of Indian soldiers on the Line of Control, saying the two sides can move forward in a “sensible way” once the “dust settles”.
He was asked to comment on the reported statement of Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir on the killing of soldiers on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
At present, Khurshid said the situation on the Line of Control was “a lot better than it was a few days back”. “I would simply say, we should not react to every statement. I don’t think that every statement made in the domestic context should necessarily be treated as the last word,” Khurshid said.
On Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar’s reported offer for minister-level talks to reduce tensions, Khurshid said the media statement cannot be described as an offer.
Khar’s remark had come in the backdrop of Bashir’s suggestion for a UN probe into the killing of soldiers. Khurshid said these were matters where entire atmospherics and entire context need to be carefully studied and analysed from time to time before taking any further steps.
“The fact is that things have been quiet on the Line of Control. The fact that our DGMOs (Directors-General of Military Operations) have been in touch in a meaningful way, I would think that this is a welcome shift in the right direction,” he said. (PTI)
