A welcome Saudi mediation mission

Dr. Jassim Taqui

DG Al-Bab Institute for Strategic Studies

Islamabad, September 21, 2021: Saudi Arabia has offered to mediate between Pakistan and India in an attempt to reduce long-running tensions between the two nuclear neighbors.

Talking to the Indian media, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said that we desire that Pakistan and India should resolve all their disputes including the Kashmir issue through dialogue.

Prince Faisal bin Farhan offered Saudi Arabia’s “good offices” for any talks between Pakistan and India.

Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud said that there should be a focus on the path of dialogue between India and Pakistan to resolve issues in a way that can settle concerns permanently.

He said that Kashmir is an issue that continues to be a dispute between two countries and therefore what we would encourage is that there should be a focus on a path of dialogue and discussion among Pakistan and India to resolve these issues in a way that can settle these concerns permanently.

The fact that Al-Saud was talking from India indicates that New Delhi was fully aware of the mediation or even behind it in a bid to divert the world public opinion from human rights abuse in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

One basic hurdle in this regard is the systematic Indian moves to change the demography of Kashmir that is aimed at changing the majority Muslims in the disputed state into a minority. Once this is achieved the Indians would hold an election that would produce a Hindu Prime minister in occupied Kashmir.