NEW DELHI – Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar dismissed theopinion piece written by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the New YorkTimes, where he has warned the world with the spectre of a nuclear war overKashmir.
“Didn’t have the time to read it,” Jaishankar said.
In an interview with POLITICO in Brussels, Jaishankar also predicted thatsecurity restrictions across Kashmir would be eased in the coming days.
Responding to questions on the New York Times opinion piece by Imran Khan,in which the latter has sought the opening of a dialogue between Islamabadand New Delhi, Jaishankar has said the idea is a non-starter while Pakistanopenly practices terrorism.
Jaishankar said there is no hope of negotiations until Pakistan reins inits financing and recruitment of militant groups.
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On the communications lockdown in Kashmir Valley, the EAM said internet andtelephone outages were needed to stop the activation of terrorist assetsand to prevent people who are doing violence to contact each other.
Asked about medicines and small businesses in Kashmir Valley, he said hethinks a lot of the reports about shortages are fictitious, but he alsoconceded it isn’t possible to stop communications between militants withoutan impact on the rest of the economy.
