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Britain is working with the U.S. to make sure a ceasefire between India and Pakistan endures and that “confidence-building measures” and dialogue happen, international minister David Lammy stated on Saturday.
“We are going to proceed to work with the US to make sure that we get a permanent ceasefire, to make sure that dialogue is going on and to work by way of with Pakistan and India how we will get to confidence and confidence-building measures between the 2 sides,” Lammy instructed Reuters in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on the finish of a two-day go to.
The nuclear-armed South Asian arch rivals agreed on Could 10 to a ceasefire of their worst preventing in practically three a long time, which adopted a lethal assault on vacationers that New Delhi blames on Islamabad. Pakistan denies involvement.
Requested about India’s suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, probably squeezing Pakistan’s water provide, Lammy stated: “We might urge all sides to fulfill their treaty obligations.”
Pakistan has stated Britain and different nations, along with the US, performed a significant position in de-escalating the preventing. Diplomats and analysts say the ceasefire stays fragile.
