January 17 :
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan has learnt its lesson and wants to live in peace with India. He also called for “serious and sincere talks” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on “burning issues like Kashmir”.
In an interview with Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV, Sharif said that Pakistan has learned its lesson after three wars with India and stressed that now it wants peace with its neighbour.
“My message to the Indian leadership and Prime Minister Modi is that let’s sit down on the table and have serious and sincere talks to resolve our burning points like Kashmir. It is up to us to live peacefully and make progress or quarrel with each other and waste time and resources,” Shehbaz Sharif said.
“India is our neighbour country, we are neighbours. Let’s be very blunt, even if we are not neighbours by choice, we are there forever and it is up to us for us to live peacefully and progress or quarrel with each other and waste time and resources. That is up to us,” the Pakistan PM said.
Sharif also raised the issue of Kashmir and said, “Pakistan wants peace but what is happening in Kashmir should be stopped.” (Agencies)
