India – Pakistan Conflict: “UK working with US” to ensure peace says Foreign Minister Lammy

British Foreign Minister David Lammy has revealed that the UK has been working with the US on developing peace between India and Pakistan and to ensure “an enduring ceasefire”, “dialogue” and “confidence building measures”, during his two-day visit to the Pakistan capital Islamabad, reports Reuters. 

Lammy further added, “We will continue to work with the United States to ensure that we get an enduring ceasefire, to ensure that dialogue is happening and to work through with Pakistan and India how we can get to confidence and confidence-building measures between the two sides.”

The UK Minister also commented that they are working with Pakistan in countering ‘terrorism’ that has brought in “a terrible blight on this country and its people, and of course on the region.” Lammy also commented on the two nations’ relationships saying, “These are two neighbours with a long history but they are two neighbours that have barely been able to speak to one other over this past period, and we want to ensure that we do not see further escalation and that the ceasefire endures”. 

Commenting on India’s ‘abeyance’ over the 1960 Indus Water Treaty that has been providing water to Pakistan, Lammy urged, “all sides to meet their treaty obligations.” While the US president has been vocally cementing his involvement in brokering peace and ceasefire between India and Pakistan over the past few weeks after Operation Sindoor was in what Delhi calls it a “bilateral understanding”. 

On Donald Trump’s involvement in the ceasefire or stopping a nuclear war to break out by proposing trade agreements, a spokesperson from External Affairs Ministry of India stated, “We have a longstanding national position that any issues pertaining to the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have to be addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally. That stated policy has not changed. As you are aware, the outstanding matter is the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan”. He also dodged the question of whether Delhi’s standing on contesting America as a mediator was revealed to Washington DC. 

Although the mediation or intervention by the western power put an end to the constant armed attacks between the countries, the ceasefire seems fragile with Pakistan breaching the ceasefire just the following evening of the agreement.