LAHORE – Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday said thatthe historic meeting between US and North Korea on Tuesday can be aprecedent for Pakistan and India to talk out their hostilities and pave theway for lasting regional peace.
US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un had earlier in theday concluded an extraordinary nuclear summit by signing a document inwhich Trump pledged “security guarantees” to the North and Kim reiteratedhis commitment to “complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula”.
Sharif, the PML-N president, in a series of tweets suggested that Pakistanand India should resume their dialogue on Kashmir to settle thelong-festering dispute.
“Singapore Summit between the US and North Korea should set a goodprecedent for Pakistan and India to follow,” Sharif wrote.
He reminded netizens that the two countries had been threatening to usenuclear weapons against each other since the Korean War began.