The confrontation between India and Pakistan has escalated with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar set to host his counterpart from the neighbouring nation Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for a gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Goa subsequent week.

Jaishankar, himself, on Saturday as soon as once more accused Pakistan of exporting terrorism to India. The Pakistan Army chief, Gen Asim Munir, alternatively, tacitly hit out at India as he stated that his nation would proceed to “firmly stand” with the Kashmiris in “their historic struggle for basic human rights and their legitimate quest for the right to self-determination”.

“We will continue to provide political, moral and diplomatic support to our Kashmiri brothers,” Gen Munir stated, whereas talking at a passing-out ceremony on the Pakistan Military Academy close to Abottabad, almost 155 kilometres away from Islamabad. He added that the worldwide group ought to realise that and not using a “just and peaceful resolution” to the difficulty of Kashmir between India and Pakistan, regional peace would endlessly stay elusive. His remark is prone to increase hackles in New Delhi.

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Though Bilawal is predicted to attend the SCO assembly to be hosted by Jaishankar in Goa on May 4 and 5, the killing of 5 troopers in a latest terrorist assault on the Rashtriya Rifles personnel at Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir diminished the potential for a bilateral assembly between the international ministers of India and Pakistan on the sideline of the conclave.

The two neighbouring nations had their final bilateral ministerial engagement in December 2015.

Jaishankar selected a speech delivered at Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, to as soon as once more accuse Pakistan of sponsoring cross-border terrorism concentrating on India. He stated that the ‘Neighbourhood First’ coverage of the Government of India for generously supporting the event journeys of the nation’s smaller neighbours with a non-reciprocal strategy resulted in a rise in cooperation and connectivity within the area. “The only exception is Pakistan due to its encouragement of cross-border terrorism (against India),” stated Jaishankar, who was on a go to to the Dominican Republic.

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It was the second time in per week that he focused Pakistan for its assist to terrorism in opposition to India. “It is for us very difficult to engage with a neighbour who practices cross-border terrorism against us,” he had stated in Panama City earlier this week.

Though Bilawal’s proposed go to to attend the SCO assembly in Goa fuelled hypothesis about his bilateral assembly with Jaishankar, New Delhi apparently despatched out a message to Islamabad with repeated feedback of the exterior affairs minister slamming Pakistan on the difficulty of terrorism in opposition to India.

Gen Munir on Saturday additionally sought to allay the doubts over the army prowess of the Pakistan Army. “We have the will, capability and capacity to protect our sovereignty and territorial integrity and we are well aware of the ways and means to do it,” he stated, apparently attempting to set at relaxation hypothesis triggered by media stories that recommended that his predecessor Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa had believed that Pakistan had lacked in army functionality and financial energy to battle in opposition to India.