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This was followed by a SAARC Health MinistersвЂ™ virtual conference.ДЇollowed by General BajwaвЂ™s February 3 comments, Imran KhanвЂ™s latest trip to Sri Lanka was one more instance of softening of attitudes between both sides. Leaders of all the SAARC countries participated in the talks though Pakistan Prime Minister sent his representative without appearing personally. India had called a virtual summit on the COVID-19 pandemic on March 15, 2020, which was held in the backdrop of months-long tough exchange of rhetoric between the two sides over the termination of special status for the erstwhile Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan also agreed that there was a need for such cooperation on a regional basis for fighting the pandemic.ДЄlso read: India takes on Pakistan at U.N. However, on February 18, Pakistan supported Prime Minister Narendra ModiвЂ™s five proposals for collaboration at the South Asian level on containing COVID-19. The comment had come in the backdrop of IndiaвЂ™s regionwide diplomacy regarding COVID-19 in which Pakistan had participated under the umbrella of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), but had shown reluctance to engage in bilateral exchanges with India on the global pandemic. Yusuf had said India expressed a вЂњdesire for conversationвЂќ but he had placed several conditions for restarting official level talks.

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In his interview with the Indian TV anchor, Mr. The back channel talks were first hinted at by the Special Assistant to the Pakistan Prime Minister on National Security and Strategic Policy Planning Moeed Yusuf during an interview with journalist Karan Thapar for The Wire last October. The comment was interpreted as a clear sign of substantial background outreach by India and Pakistan.

вЂњPakistan and India must resolve the long-standing issue of Jammu and Kashmir in a dignified and peaceful manner as per the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,вЂќ General Bajwa said in his speech at the Pakistan Air Force Asghar Khan Academy in Risalpur of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa on February 3. Both India and Pakistan have given credit for the ceasefire agreement to military commanders, yet several signs indicate that back channel diplomacy led up to the talks and helped produce a joint statement between the two sides, beginning with Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed BajwaвЂ™s call for resolving the Kashmir issue вЂњpeacefullyвЂќ earlier this month.ДЄlso read: India, Pakistan agree to observe 2003 ceasefire