ISLAMABAD – US top diplomat Alice Wells responds over the Pakistan’sgoodwill gesture towards India through sports.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central AsianAffairs Alice Wells on Sunday welcomed Pakistani team’s presence at theAsian Wrestling Championship 2020 being held in India.
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Welcome news that wrestlers from #Pakistanlink are competing in the#AsianWrestlingChampionship2020link in#India link this week. Sports canbe an effective tool to build bridges and strengthen people-2-people ties.Best of luck to all the athletes. AGW
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“Sports can be an effective tool to build bridges and strengthenpeople-to-people ties,” noted the American diplomat in a tweet shared bythe State Department’s Bureau for South and Central Asian Affairs.
The diplomat also wished the best of luck to all the competing teams in thetournament.
Four freestyle wrestlers from Pakistan reached New Delhi on February 18 tocompete in the Asian Championship after they were granted a visa by theIndian mission in Islamabad.
The Pakistani wrestling contingent is the first teamlinkacross the Wagah border to travel to India for a sporting event after thePulwama attack in February last year.
