ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan has played a responsible role in de-escalating the tensions recently escalated between Pakistan and India.
Talking to a private television channel, the foreign minister said Pakistan has taken a number of steps for diffusing the situation, including the release of the Indian pilot in a goodwill gesture, which changed the entire scenario.
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Qureshi said that during the recent tension, the attention of the world community was drawn towards the ongoing brutalities of Indian forces in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK), which further globalized the dispute.
He said Pakistan would send an official delegation to India on Thursday to discuss the agreement on the operationalization of Kartarpur Corridor.
He said Pakistan is also ready to continue weekly contacts at the Military Operations Directorate level.
Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan is located across the river Ravi, about four kilometres from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine. It was established by the Sikh Guru in 1522.
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The first Gurdwara, Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, was built here, where Guru Nanak Dev is said to have died.
The Kartarpur Corridor, which will facilitate the visa-free travel of Indian Sikh pilgrims to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, is expected to be completed within six months. The development comes ahead of Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary next year.
Thousands of Sikh devotees from India visit Pakistan every year to celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.
The decision to open the Kartarpur border was made after Imran Khan assumed office in August; Navjot Singh Sidhu was invited for the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief.
