We did not want to increase India’s grief, says Foreign Minister Qureshi
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said the decision to release IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was not taken under any external pressure or compulsion.
“We wanted to send a message to India. We don’t want to increase your grief, we don’t want to mistreat your citizens, we just want peace,” he told BBC Urdu in an interview.
The pilot was captured by Pakistani troops after his jet crashed on the other side of the border on Wednesday.
In a separate interview with BBC, the Foreign Minister said both countries were still in a very serious situation. “We still are... it isn’t over!... We are on high alert.”
Both India and Pakistan have issues, “but how do we resolve these issues? By firing missiles at each other? No!” he said.
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