UK, US working to make sure enduring India-Pakistan ceasefire, dialogue, British overseas minister says


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Britain is working with the U.S. to make sure a ceasefire between India and Pakistan endures and that “confidence-building measures” and dialogue happen, overseas minister David Lammy stated on Saturday.

“We’ll proceed to work with america to make sure that we get an everlasting ceasefire, to make sure that dialogue is occurring and to work via with Pakistan and India how we are able to get to confidence and confidence-building measures between the 2 sides,” Lammy advised Reuters in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on the finish of a two-day go to.

The nuclear-armed South Asian arch rivals agreed on Might 10 to a ceasefire of their worst preventing in almost three a long time, which adopted a lethal assault on vacationers that New Delhi blames on Islamabad. Pakistan denies involvement.

Requested about India’s suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, probably squeezing Pakistan’s water provide, Lammy stated: “We might urge all sides to fulfill their treaty obligations.”

Pakistan has stated Britain and different international locations, along with america, performed a serious function in de-escalating the preventing. Diplomats and analysts say the ceasefire stays fragile.