Dialogue only way to resolve all outstanding disputes with India: FM Qureshi

FM Qureshi urges Indian leadership to open doors for Kashmiri people for trade activity, people-to-people contact

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. PHOTO: EXPRESS

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that resolution of outstanding disputes between Pakistan and India can only be achieved through dialogue, Radio Pakistan reported on Saturday.

Speaking in the National Assembly, Qureshi said that opening of the Kartarpur border would lead to goodwill between Pakistan and neighboring India, and generate economic activity between the two countries. He added that this move would encourage the Sikh community to visit Pakistan in large numbers.

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FM Qureshi, on the occasion, urged the Indian leadership to open doors for Kashmiri people for trade activity. He promoted people-to-people contact between both sides of the border.


The decision to open the Kartarpur corridor was taken by India’s Union Cabinet in a meeting chaired by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.



Interestingly, the offer to open the Kartarpur corridor was made by Gen Qamar, Rajnath said that the “the government of Pakistan will be urged to reciprocate and develop a corridor with suitable facilities in their territory”.

 
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