{"id":7774,"date":"2019-03-09T19:11:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T13:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?p=7774"},"modified":"2020-01-08T00:50:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T19:20:28","slug":"pakistan-high-commissioner-briefs-the-president-of-sri-lanka-on-the-latest-security-situation-in-south-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?p=7774","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan High Commissioner briefs the President of Sri Lanka on the latest security situation in South Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1552127579-pak-high-commissioner-meets-president.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7777\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>High Commissioner of Pakistan, Major General (R) Dr. Shahid\nAhmad Hashmat called upon Sri Lankan President H.E. Maithripala Sirisena on\nMarch 08, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The High Commissioner apprised the President on the security\nsituation in the South Asian region. Dr. Hashmat reiterated emphatically\nPakistan\u2019s unrelenting commitment and dedicated resolve for peace, stability\nand prosperity in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The High Commissioner underscored repeated sincere and honest\nefforts of His Excellency Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan in\nde-escalating the recent tension across the Line of Control between India and\nPakistan. He emphasized the fact that the entire spectrum of Pakistani\nleadership advocates and endorses the international community\u2019s support for\nsustainable dialogue for peaceful resolution of all disputes and conflicts\nbetween Islamabad and New Delhi, including the Kashmir issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His Excellency, the President Mr. Maithripala Sirisena stated\nthat Sri Lanka is a close friend of Pakistan and India. Therefore it supports\nand advocates resolution of conflict between India and Pakistan through\nbilateral dialogue and negotiations, which is very important for peace and\nstability in the region. He further elaborated that the military escalation\nbetween Pakistan and India will affect the entire region, especially having a\nnegative impact on economic progress and prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expressing the paramount importance of peace, His Excellency\nexpressed that as a member of SAARC fraternity, Sri Lanka fully supports peace\nin the SAARC region and is willing to play an important role in achieving\npeace. He also underscored the importance of using SAARC forum to promote\nmutual cooperation among its member states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President expressed his confidence that under the astute\npolitical stewardship of HE Imran Khan, Pakistan will not allow the conflict to\nescalate further and expressed his hope for early resolution of current crisis.\nHe also appreciated Pakistan\u2019s positive action of releasing the Indian Pilot,\nexpecting that such gestures will help to diffuse tension and would promote\npeace in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High Commissioner of Pakistan, Major General (R) Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat called upon Sri Lankan President H.E. Maithripala Sirisena on March 08, 2019. The High Commissioner apprised the President on the security situation in the South Asian region. Dr. Hashmat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7778,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7774\/revisions\/7778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}