In 2016 and 2017 two attempts were made each year by India, supported by the USA, UK and France, with China blocking them repeatedly. In 2017 China maintained India had produced no solid evidence. On Thursday, Kang stressed the need to focus on the Kashmir issue that had been left over by history between India and Pakistan and hoped that the two countries would engage in friendly dialogue and consultation to resolve this and other outstanding issues. There is a growing perception that Indian adventurism at Balakot and the quick response from Pakistan led many countries to conclude that incidents of the sort could lead to a nuclear confrontation unless Pakistan and India resolved their differences. As all knew what the core issue was, for the time being at least the Kashmir issue was internationalised.

Source: Pakistan Today March 15, 2019 08:03 UTC