Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, has said the choice to release IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was not taken under any external pressure or impulse.
They don’t want to increase our grief; they don’t want to mistreat our citizens; they want peace. Pakistani troops caught the pilot after his jet crashed on the opposite side of the border on Wednesday.
He also said that Pakistan never wanted a crisis and was ready to cooperate with the neighboring country, India.
“We said share evidence with us; we said we are willing to cooperate; we said let’s sit and talk. That’s the only sensible way forward.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, has said the choice to release IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was not taken under any external pressure or impulse.
In an interview, he told that they wanted to send a message to India. They don’t want to increase our grief; they don’t want to mistreat our citizens; they want peace. Pakistani troops caught the pilot after his jet crashed on the opposite side of the border on Wednesday.
The Foreign Minister of Pakistan further said that both countries were still in a dire situation. They still are.. it isn’t over! They are on high alert. Both India and Pakistan have issues, “but how do we resolve these issues? By firing missiles at each other? No!” he said.
He also said that Pakistan never wanted a crisis and was ready to cooperate with the neighboring country, India. “We said share evidence with us; we said we are willing to cooperate; we said let’s sit and talk. That’s the only sensible way forward. Two neighbors, two atomic powers, can they afford to go to war? Suicidal!”