Amid rising tensions between the two countries India and Pakistan over the death sentence awarded by Pakistan to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, the UN on Thursday stressed the need for the two countries to engage in dialogue. However, the world body made it clear that it was not in a position to comment on Jadhav’s case.
“We are not in the position to judge the process, to have a position on this particular (Kulbhushan Jadhav) case,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at his daily briefing while responding to a question on the death sentence awarded to Jadhav by a Pakistani military court.
“Overall in terms of relations between India and Pakistan, we continue to underline the need for the parties to find a peaceful solution through engagement and dialogue,” Dujarric added.
His statements come days after Pakistan army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa accepted Jadhav’s execution after a military court sentenced him to death. He was sentenced for “espionage and sabotage activities.”
The case evoked a sharp reaction from India which cautioned Islamabad to think through the consequences on bilateral ties if he is hanged. India has said that if the ruling was implemented, “the government and people of India will regard it as a case of premeditated murder.”
