Modi not an advocate of peace with Pakistan says Musharraf
Pakistan and India were on the path of peace and reconciliation under his regime, former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf has said while claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not an "advocate of peace talks".
The former president and chief of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) in an interview with Voice of America claimed that when he was in power, India and Pakistan were on the "path of reconciliation", but that is not the case anymore, the Express Tribune reported.
"At the time, I spoke to both the prime ministers, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh, they were both from different political parties but we wanted to move forward from the disputes, he said.
The 74-year-old retired general, who is facing high treason charges, has been living in Dubai since last year when he was allowed to leave Pakistan for medical treatment.
Musharraf
claimed
that
a
four-point
initiation
of
peace
was
strategised
by
the
former
president
and
was
put
in
implementation
by
the
leadership
of
both
countries.
The
four
points
of
contention
included
Siachen
and
Kashmir
as
well,
he
said.
"We were working on my strategy because both sides wanted to have peace. This is not the case anymore. They want to undo us," he claimed.
"Incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to enforce supremacy in India and isn't an advocate of peace talks," he alleged.
He alleged that there exists an "inherent bias" towards India's treatment as both possess nuclear arms, but no questions are raised on India.
"Nobody asks India to control their assets. Pakistan became a nuclear state because India posed an undeniable existential threat, he said.
"The
US
should
have
stopped
them,
we
have
been
loyal
to
them
throughout,
he
said.
He
said
that
Pak-US
relations
have
suffered
quite
a
blow
and
are
currently
at
"the
lowest
ebb".
Answering a question as to why there are strenuous relations between the two countries, Musharraf said, "US has supported India very openly from the Cold War era. And now again, the US is aligning itself with India against Pakistan, this affects us directly. We would like the UN to examine India's role in Afghanistan. A one-sided approach to the problem is negative.