Strategic Stability Can Bring Regional Peace; Dr Shireen Mazari

Strategic stability can bring regional peace; Dr Shireen Mazari

Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari has said that peace of the entire region is linked with strategic stability and without it there will always be fear of war in South Asia

Islamabad (Pakistan Point News / Online - 10th April, 2019) Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari has said that peace of the entire region is linked with strategic stability and without it there will always be fear of war in South Asia.She was addressing the concluding session of the National Conference on "Strategic Stability in South Asia; Emerging Challenges" organized by Centre for International Strategic Studies here in Islamabad on Wednesday.

She said that world should push India to move towards stability, otherwise whole the region will face the consequences of the war.Mazari said India engaged in dangerous brinksmanship after Pulwama because of Pakistan's defensive response to aggressive Indian actions in the past including LoC violations. Pakistan's fir response to Indian aggression alongside de-escalatory moves, she contended, conveyed to India that if compelled, Pakistan "could prevail at any level of conflict".

She proposed seven steps for establishing strategic stability, which included, pre-crisis management mechanism possibly through raising the level of military hotlines; strategic dialogue on reduction in missile deployments; improving the advance missile test notification system; expanding the lists of nuclear installations exchanged annually; freezing deployment of ABM systems; conventional force reduction including offensive weapon system; and establishing a strategic dialogue structure.