Lavrov Steps In: Russia Offers to Mediate Between India and Pakistan

While Washington fans the flames and London postures from afar, Moscow picks up the phone.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has now spoken to both Islamabad and New Delhi, urging restraint and diplomacy after the April 22 Kashmir terror attack that killed 26 civilians and sent Indo-Pakistani relations hurtling toward the brink.

Lavrov told Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar that Russia is ready to mediate, if both sides agree. A call to Jaishankar in India followed, where Lavrov reinforced the Simla Agreement and Lahore Declaration, reminding both parties of the diplomatic rails they’ve long agreed to ride, even if those tracks are now rusting.

India has accused Pakistan of backing the terrorists. Pakistan has fired back, warning that New Delhi is preparing a military strike and says it has “credible intelligence” to prove it.

Ten nights of gunfire along the Line of Control speak louder than any press release.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s defense minister just dropped a geopolitical bombshell: “We did the dirty work for the West… trained the jihadists… it was a mistake.” He laid blame squarely at Washington and London’s doorstep and warned of consequences.

If war breaks out, this won’t just be a South Asian firefight. It’s a flashpoint between nuclear states, egged on by powers that never pay the price in blood.

Russia knows it. The West pretends not to.

From the Islander News.