Pakistan’s Objective View Gains Traction: New Delhi Responds to Nawaz Sharif’s Lahore Declaration Remarks
Published on: May 31, 2024.
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The Ministry of External Affairs has acknowledged that an “objective view” is emerging in Pakistan after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif admitted to violating a peace agreement with India in 1999. In a recent statement, Sharif revealed that Pakistan had violated the Lahore Declaration, which he and then-Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee signed. The violation occurred during the Kargil War, which took place from May 1999 to July 1999.
Sharif admitted, “On May 28, 1998, Pakistan conducted five nuclear tests. After that, Vajpayee saheb came here and made an agreement with us. But we violated that agreement. It was our fault.”
The Ministry of External Affairs was questioned about its stance on Sharif’s comments during a media briefing. The spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, responded by saying, “You are well aware of our opinion, our thoughts, and our position on it. As for what we are observing, we are seeing that an objective view is now emerging in Pakistan as well.”
The Lahore Declaration, signed by both countries, aimed to maintain peace and security and promote people-to-people contact to improve bilateral relations. However, Pervez Musharraf, the chief of the Pakistan Army at the time, ordered his forces to secretly infiltrate Ladakh’s Kargil district from March 1999 to May 1999.
This covert operation resulted in a war between India and Pakistan that lasted from May 1999 to July 1999. Sharif was serving as Pakistan’s prime minister during this time.
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