Stable region cannot be built on 'shaky' Indo-Pak relations: Abdul Basit

Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit has said that a stable region cannot be achieved if the relations between India and Pakistan remain unsteady.

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"We cannot build a stable and effective regional cooperative architecture on shaky bilateral structure," Basit said while speaking as a guest speaker at Rotary Club of Delhi Midtown, New Delhi, today.

He said that peace can only be achieved if the two countries hold bilateral talks.

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Basit said that globalisation has unleashed countless opportunities and yet South Asia continues to be the least integrated region in the world which calls for serious introspection.

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Basit also said that Jammu and Kashmir is about people not about territory and that we must avoid using the wrong words to avoid wrong conclusions.

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President Rotary Club of Delhi Midtown District Bharat Joshi welcomed and thanked Basit for a candid and frank exchange of views.