UN chief offers his "good offices" to resolve Indo-Pak issues

April 09, 2016 14:18

With Pakistan announcing that the bilateral peace process with India has been "suspended", UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that the offer of his "good offices" to help resolve the conflict stands but it is up to both nations to seek it.

"Whenever there is a conflict, an issue, between member states, the Secretary-General's offer for good offices stands as a matter of principle. But, that has to be agreed on and asked for by both parties," Ban's spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters.

Dujarric was responding to a question at his daily briefing about whether the Secretary-General would like to offer his good offices given that the peace talks between India and Pakistan were "interrupted" again.

Introducing a fresh chill in Indo-Pak ties, Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit on April 7 said the bilateral peace process stands "suspended".

He also poured cold water on India's expectations that a team of NIA investigators would be allowed to visit Pakistan in connection with the Pathankot terror strike probe on the basis of reciprocity, a Pakistani Joint Investigation Team having just concluded a visit to India.

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