Corps Commanders Conference: ‘Indian rhetoric can cast implications on regional peace’

RAWALPINDI: Taking account of repeated provocative statements of Indian military leadership regarding aggression against Pakistan, Corps Commanders Conference on Tuesday termed it an irresponsible rhetoric with implications on regional peace and stability.

Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who presided over the 228th Corps Commanders Conference at the General Headquarters, said Pakistan would continue to play its responsible and positive role for regional peace without compromising national security and defence of the motherland at all costs.

“Pakistan is one of the lead participations with significant contributions towards peace and stability efforts in the region. We shall continue to play our responsible and positive role towards this end without compromising national security and defence of the motherland at whatever cost,” Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet quoting the COAS.

The conference reviewed geo-strategic, regional and national security environment and discussed internal security, situation along borders, Line of Control (LoC) and Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. It also reviewed evolving security situation in the Middle East with reference to the US-Iran standoff and its implications on regional peace and stability.