And the way we want to operate with our neighbours is to try and build on the trust to take care of and then build that trust enough to be able to build an environment in which we can take care of the disputes that we have on the dialogue table rather than through military statements and through military actions,” Khar said.
Responding to a question on Kashmir, Khar said that she thinks the last two weeks have been rather discomforting.
“There were two soldiers who were injured by fighting which is 400 meters inside Pakistan's territory. One of them did not, could not sustain those injuries and passed away. We of course, created a concern, raised our concern with the Indians and asked for the normal mechanisms which are in place,” she said.
“Now just two days after that or three days after that, we had an allegation which was made that two Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani fighting which we looked into and we could find no evidence that Pakistani troops had done that. And then of course, there were extremely conflicting statements that the heads were decapitated,” Khar said.
“The northern commander spokesperson who is the person on the ground said they weren't. Others said they were. So all of this—and it led unfortunately into the domestic politics right after that,” she noted.
