The White House Press Secretary has called the agreement a positive step towards greater peace and stability in South Asia while encouraging both countries to keep building upon this progress. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called the development a positive step, and hoped that it would lead to more talks between the two countries. There are factors that encourage one to hope that more steps would be taken to strengthen peace in South Asia. In Pakistan, COAS Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has underlined the need to extend a hand of peace in all directions. What is needed to push the peace move further is a goodwill gesture on Kashmir from Indian PM Narendra Modi.

Source: Pakistan Today February 27, 2021 18:00 UTC