*RAWALPINDI: Germany’s Chief of Defence Staff on Wednesday visited GeneralHeadquarters (GHQ), Rawalpinid and called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS)General Qamar Javed Bajwa.*
Matters of mutual interest, defence, regional security, Pakistan-Indiatension and other issues were came under discussion during the meeting,said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Talking to COAS Bajwa, the Chief of Defence Staff hailed Pakistan’s effortsfor regional peace and praised Pakistani armed forces’ services for UnitedNations peacekeeping mission.
German Chief of Defence Staff also lied a floral wreath atYadgar-i-Shuhada (Monument to Martyrs) the monument at GHQ.
Earlier in the day, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)Major General Asif Ghafoor said that it was up to India to reciprocatePakistan’s peace gestures or escalate tensions between the two nuclearpowers.
“We feel that now the ball is in the Indian court. Should they decide toescalate, the situation will go bad,” he said in an interview with CNN.