KARACHI: United Arab Emirates-brokered backdoor diplomacy has brought a thaw in otherwise mounting tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India, but it is no more than a “tactical move,” say local experts. How long this (thaw) survives, we’ll have to wait and see,” said Masood, who served in the Pakistan Army from 1952 to 1990. This, he added, is not the first time that back-channel contacts have helped ease tensions between the two arch rivals. CHINA FACTOR:The two experts believe that normalization of ties between Pakistan and India will benefit both countries but may offend Islamabad’s longtime ally China. Border tensions between the two countries span over seven decades.

Source: Pakistan Today April 16, 2021 18:33 UTC