{"id":108593,"date":"2025-05-17T08:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T08:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/108593\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T08:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T08:49:11","slug":"u-k-u-s-to-continue-working-for-enduring-india-pakistan-ceasefire-lammy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/108593\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K., U.S. to continue working for enduring India, Pakistan ceasefire: Lammy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Britain\u2019s Foreign Minister David Lammy speaks with Reuters during an interview in Islamabad, Pakistan on May 17, 2025.
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The U.K. and U.S. have been working together\u00a0to make permanent the ceasefire between India and Pakistan following the recent round of hostilities<\/a>, according to U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy.\u00a0New Delhi and Islamabad engaged in rounds of armed conflict following the April 22 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Pahalgam<\/a> , in which 26 civilians were killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to work with the United States to ensure that we get an enduring ceasefire, to ensure that dialogue is happening and to work through with Pakistan and India how we can get to confidence and confidence-building measures between the two sides,\u201d Mr. Lammy told Reuters in Islamabad at the end of his two-day visit to Pakistan.<\/p>\n

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Mr Lammy\u2019s remarks, which imply that the U.K. and U.S. are involved in the Kashmir issue<\/a>, echo U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s repeated messaging that his administration was instrumental in brokering a May 10 ceasefire between New Delhi and Islamabad.<\/p>\n

The Labour Party been engaged in a resetting of ties with India and British Indians, walking back previous positions on Kashmir. In 2020, months after the Modi government mooted legal and administrative changes to Article 370 and Jammu and Kashmir, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer (who was then the country\u2019s Leader of the Opposition) had said Kashmir was a \u201cbilateral issue for India and Pakistan to resolve peacefully\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Hindu reached out to the U.K. Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) for confirmation of the U.K. government\u2019s position on Kashmir and the nature of U.K.- U.S. coordination on the recent ceasefire. <\/p>\n

Indian government officials had said that Mr Lammy would not visit New Delhi immediately after visiting Islamabad, given India\u2019s strong emphasis of de-hyphenation from Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Mr Lammy had spoken with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on May 15 and he is expected to visit New Delhi \u201csoon\u201d according to a statement from the FCDO published on Friday.<\/p>\n

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