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Pakistan's army calls for India talks_ and _Kayani urges less spending on defence
SKARDU, Pakistan — Pakistan's army chief says his country is ready for talks with India over resolving a dispute over a Himalayan glacier.
Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's comments could signal a softening of the army's position toward a country with which Pakistan has fought three wars.
He says the dispute over the Siachen Glacier "should be resolved" and "how it is resolved the two countries have to talk about."
Kayani was speaking Wednesday in a rare question and answer session with the media after visiting the site of an avalanche near the glacier that has buried more than 125 Pakistani soldiers.
Pakistan's army calls for India talks - CBS News
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Source- Kayani urges less spending on defence | DAWN.COM
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SKARDU: Pakistan's powerful army chief Wednesday said he would like to see the country spend less on defence, arguing that national security depended on development as much as on protecting borders.
Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashfaq Kayani, said "peaceful coexistence" with arch-rivals India was vital to both countries and the welfare of the people should be a priority.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have fought several wars since independence in 1947 and
both spend heavily on their military while millions
of their people languish in poverty.
"Peaceful coexistence between the two
neighbours is very important so that everybody
can concentrate on the well-being of the people,"
he told reporters.
The general was speaking at Skardu airport in
northern Pakistan after visiting the remote Gayari
army base in disputed Kashmir, which was hit by
a massive avalanche on April 7.
Rescuers are still searching for nearly 140 people
buried by the mass of snow and rock at the
camp, which lies around 4,000 metres (13,000
feet) above sea level.
Pakistan and India invest significant resources in
maintaining a military presence on the Siachen
Glacier — dubbed "the world's highest
battleground" — and the tragedy has sparked
lively debate about the human and financial cost
of defending an uninhabitable patch of snow and rock.
Kayani said soldiers would do their duty come what may, but defending borders should not be the country's sole priority.
"We in the army understand very well that there
should be a very good balance between defence
and development. You cannot be spending on
defence alone and forgetting about development,"
he said.
"Ultimately the security of a country is not only that you secure boundaries and borders but it is
when people that live in the country feel happy,
their needs are being met. Only in that case will a
country be truly safe." He said national security
should be a comprehensive concept.
"And therefore we would like to spend less on
defence, definitely," he said.
"Any country should do the same — more focus should be on the welfare of the people." Pakistan
has spent more than half its history since
independence under military rule and Kayani is widely regarded as the most powerful man in the country.
He said the decades of enmity between India and
Pakistan should be resolved through negotiation
and stressed the urgency of halting the damage
to the environment caused by troop deployment
on the Siachen Glacier.
"Ultimately it's going to affect the River Indus
adversely and we understand water is important
and water management is very important," he said.
Kashmir has been the cause of two wars
between India and Pakistan and the nuclear-
armed rivals fought over Siachen in 1987, though
guns on the glacier have largely fallen silent since
a peace process began in 2004.
SKARDU, Pakistan — Pakistan's army chief says his country is ready for talks with India over resolving a dispute over a Himalayan glacier.
Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's comments could signal a softening of the army's position toward a country with which Pakistan has fought three wars.
He says the dispute over the Siachen Glacier "should be resolved" and "how it is resolved the two countries have to talk about."
Kayani was speaking Wednesday in a rare question and answer session with the media after visiting the site of an avalanche near the glacier that has buried more than 125 Pakistani soldiers.
Pakistan's army calls for India talks - CBS News
.
.
. Kayani urges less spending on defence.
.
Source- Kayani urges less spending on defence | DAWN.COM
. .
. .
SKARDU: Pakistan's powerful army chief Wednesday said he would like to see the country spend less on defence, arguing that national security depended on development as much as on protecting borders.
Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashfaq Kayani, said "peaceful coexistence" with arch-rivals India was vital to both countries and the welfare of the people should be a priority.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have fought several wars since independence in 1947 and
both spend heavily on their military while millions
of their people languish in poverty.
"Peaceful coexistence between the two
neighbours is very important so that everybody
can concentrate on the well-being of the people,"
he told reporters.
The general was speaking at Skardu airport in
northern Pakistan after visiting the remote Gayari
army base in disputed Kashmir, which was hit by
a massive avalanche on April 7.
Rescuers are still searching for nearly 140 people
buried by the mass of snow and rock at the
camp, which lies around 4,000 metres (13,000
feet) above sea level.
Pakistan and India invest significant resources in
maintaining a military presence on the Siachen
Glacier — dubbed "the world's highest
battleground" — and the tragedy has sparked
lively debate about the human and financial cost
of defending an uninhabitable patch of snow and rock.
Kayani said soldiers would do their duty come what may, but defending borders should not be the country's sole priority.
"We in the army understand very well that there
should be a very good balance between defence
and development. You cannot be spending on
defence alone and forgetting about development,"
he said.
"Ultimately the security of a country is not only that you secure boundaries and borders but it is
when people that live in the country feel happy,
their needs are being met. Only in that case will a
country be truly safe." He said national security
should be a comprehensive concept.
"And therefore we would like to spend less on
defence, definitely," he said.
"Any country should do the same — more focus should be on the welfare of the people." Pakistan
has spent more than half its history since
independence under military rule and Kayani is widely regarded as the most powerful man in the country.
He said the decades of enmity between India and
Pakistan should be resolved through negotiation
and stressed the urgency of halting the damage
to the environment caused by troop deployment
on the Siachen Glacier.
"Ultimately it's going to affect the River Indus
adversely and we understand water is important
and water management is very important," he said.
Kashmir has been the cause of two wars
between India and Pakistan and the nuclear-
armed rivals fought over Siachen in 1987, though
guns on the glacier have largely fallen silent since
a peace process began in 2004.
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we must look only to our interest when it comes to puki they cant be trusted lol
