Kashmir issue is strategic flashpoint in South Asia: Khawaja Asif

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MOSCOW: Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that Kashmir issue is a strategic flashpoint in South Asia and if it is left unresolved, it has the potential to threaten stability and peace of the entire region.

He made these remarks during a speech at the opening ceremony of VI Moscow conference on International Security in Russia.

Other high-level officials were also accompanying the minister.

Khawaja Asif stressed the importance of the conference in managing shared challenges including terrorism, socio-economic inequality, climate change, and demography as well as the ongoing conflicts going on in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan and North Africa.

He said that 21st century is an era of multiple power centres, renewed economic interdependencies, and realignment of politic strategic alliances.

He thanked the Defence Ministry of Russian Federation for hosting 6th Moscow security conference.

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