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United Nations, Oct 21 : UN Secretray-General Ban Ki-moon remains concerned over tensions between India and Pakistan regarding Kashmir and his good offices are available if requested by both parties, his spokesperson has said. “You’ve seen what the Secretary-General has said in the past on the issue of Kashmir and his concerns still apply but we have nothing new to add on that,” Ban’s deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.
When asked about the India-Pakistan standoff and would the UN Chief offer his good offices to help the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours resolve differences. “Regarding the question of good offices, as you know, the way UN good offices work is that they would need to be requested by both parties,” Haq said. Also Read: Ban Ki-moon to brief United Nations Security Council on Israeli-Palestinian violence
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will brief the Security Council today on his trip to the Middle East where he is seeking to defuse weeks of violence, diplomats said. Ban made the request to urgently speak to council members by video-conference from the Palestinian West Bank city of Ramallah. The closed-door emergency meeting is scheduled for 1900 GMT.
Ban paid a surprise visit to the region yesterday to personally deliver a warning to both Israelis and the Palestinians to stand back from a “dangerous abyss.” The UN chief met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was due to hold talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas today morning. More than 40 Palestinians, including alleged attackers, have been killed in the upsurge of violence that began at the beginning of the month. Eight Israelis have died in attacks.
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