Updated May 2nd 2025, 02:10 IST
Washington: Pakistan’s ambassador to United States Rizwan Saeed Sheikh has urged President Donald Trump to intervene as tensions between India and Pakistan continue to escalate after Pak-backed terrorists targeted 26 innocent Indian tourists in one of the most brutal terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.
Making the request and already on backfoot, Pakistan, urged the President under the umbrella of a nuclear threat saying the latter should intervene or risks a nuclear crisis.
Sheikh said that Kashmir is the flashiest flashpoint in global geopolitics and root cause of tensions with India.
In a statement, Sheikh said, “If we have a President who is standing for peace in the world as a pronounced objective during this administration, to establish a legacy as a peacemaker or as someone who finished wars, defied wars and played a role in de-confliction, resolving the disputes or I don’t think there is any higher or flashier flash point, particularly in nuclear terms, as Kashmir.”
The Pakistani envoy was speaking to a magazine.
Earlier today, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in a telephonic conversation with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reiterated America's support for India's fight against terror and right to self defence.
The US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth spoke to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and expressed his deepest sympathies for the tragic loss of innocent civilians in the dastardly terror attack in Pahalgam.
Secretary Hegseth said that the US stands in solidarity with India and supports India’s right to defend itself. He reiterated the strong support of the US government in India's fight against terrorism.
During the conversation, Rajnath Singh told Hegseth that Pakistan has a history of supporting, training and funding terrorist organisations.
He further said that it is important for the global community to explicitly and unequivocally condemn and call out such heinous acts of terrorism.
On April 22, Pakistan -backed terrorists targeted innocent Indian civilians who were visiting Kashmir as tourists to spend their vacation but their stay resulted in a tragedy.
Terrorists singled out and hand-picked Hindus and shot them dead in front of their wife, children and parents. Terrorists also asked them to recite Kalma, checked their identity cards to confirm that they are Hindus and brutally killed them.
Published May 1st 2025, 23:35 IST