LONDONN- A report by UK based think tank has said that with a sustainedapproach by the Pakistani military to India, it could only be a matter oftime before New Delhi agrees to talk to Islamabad for improving relations.
Pakistan Army is making efforts make ties with India better. A report by athink tank saying the change in the attitude of the Pakistani military isbecause it feels that peace and prosperity could be achieved only byensuring military cooperation between the two neighbours.
The report, released in London, was prepared by UK-based think tank RoyalUnites Services Institute. According to the report, a recent move byPakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa to invite Indian militaryattache Sanjay Vishwasrao to Pakistan Day Military Parade in Islamabadshows that the relationship between India and Pakistan is “warming up”.
After two weeks, General Bajwa reportedly said that he wanted peace anddialogue with India.
The report said that India and Pakistan will also take part in jointmilitary drills in Russia in September, with Chinese participation. “Theseinitiatives come against a background of almost weekly exchanges of firealong the Line of Control in Kashmir,” the report noted.
The report further said that senior Pakistani officer Lieutenant GeneralAamir Riaz headed the first ever high-level contact group with India asDirector-General Military Operations.
According to the report, another top officer, Major General Ahmed Hayat,the Director General of analysis wing of the Inter-Services-Intelligence(ISI), authored the so-called “India Plan” in 2013, which tried toascertain how and when Pakistan should approach India. General Hayatunderscored that the Pakistani military would approach India afterIslamabad strengthened it defence diplomacy without pressure or threatsfrom Washington DC.
“It is a no-brainer that one cannot live in an environment of perpetualenmity with a neighbour six times your size, but the indicators have to beright,” he said.