We are very much sure of what is going to happen if the rife between India and Pakistan would have led to wa*r. Indian army was at the ledg...
We are very much sure of what is going to happen if the rife between India and Pakistan would have led to wa*r. Indian army was at the ledge of starting one, and it was the return of Abhinandan that stopped everything. Hours before Pakistan PM Imran Khan made the announcement on IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan's release, United States President Donald Trump had hinted "some reasonably decent news" which may help reduce tensions between India and Pakistan.
Especially, in his opening statement at a press conference with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, Trump said: "We have been involved in trying to help them (India and Pakistan) stop and we have some reasonably decent news".
The US President further added, "I think reasonably attractive news from Pakistan and India, they have been going at it and we have been involved and have them stop, we have some reasonably decent news, hopefully, it's going to be coming to an end, this has been going on for a long time, decades and decades."
Earlier, we are aware of the fact that the US called on both India and Pakistan to "cease all cross-border military activity". The US also urged both the countries to take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions and return to stability, including the use of direct communication.
It still remains unclear whether the US had played a direct role in the release of IAF pilot Abhinandan so as to de-escalate the tension between India and Pakistan. However, the US playing a negotiator role is nothing new in the history of the nuc*lear-armed neighboring countries. During the 1999 Kargil War, the then US President Bill Clinton had intervened in the crisis amid reports that Pakistan may resort to the use of nuc*lear arms. Clinton had reportedly 'forced' then Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to withdraw excessive troops stationed near the border and from the Indian territory to de-escalate the situation.
Imran Khan announced that Abhinandan will be released on Friday as a "peace gesture" at the joint session of Pakistan parliament. "Yesterday I tried to call (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi to say that we don't want escalation. Our push for de-escalation doesn't mean we are afraid," Khan said.
Especially, in his opening statement at a press conference with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, Trump said: "We have been involved in trying to help them (India and Pakistan) stop and we have some reasonably decent news".
The US President further added, "I think reasonably attractive news from Pakistan and India, they have been going at it and we have been involved and have them stop, we have some reasonably decent news, hopefully, it's going to be coming to an end, this has been going on for a long time, decades and decades."
Earlier, we are aware of the fact that the US called on both India and Pakistan to "cease all cross-border military activity". The US also urged both the countries to take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions and return to stability, including the use of direct communication.
It still remains unclear whether the US had played a direct role in the release of IAF pilot Abhinandan so as to de-escalate the tension between India and Pakistan. However, the US playing a negotiator role is nothing new in the history of the nuc*lear-armed neighboring countries. During the 1999 Kargil War, the then US President Bill Clinton had intervened in the crisis amid reports that Pakistan may resort to the use of nuc*lear arms. Clinton had reportedly 'forced' then Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to withdraw excessive troops stationed near the border and from the Indian territory to de-escalate the situation.
Imran Khan announced that Abhinandan will be released on Friday as a "peace gesture" at the joint session of Pakistan parliament. "Yesterday I tried to call (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi to say that we don't want escalation. Our push for de-escalation doesn't mean we are afraid," Khan said.
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