Facing Trump Attacks, Pakistan Military Seeks Peace With India
- Defence spending concerns, isolation driving army olive branch
- Decade after Mumbai attack, India cold on talks as polls loom
Pakistani and Indian border officials exchange gifts during Diwali on on Nov. 7, 2018.
Photographer: Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images
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Pakistan’s military is making an unusually strong effort to mend ties with arch-rival India, as top generals worry about a deteriorating economy amid fractious relations with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Current and former Pakistani military officials have told Bloomberg that both a slowing economy and pressure from Beijing to improve ties with the West is prompting the shift on India. At the same time, they said, Pakistan is also wary of becoming too dependent on China after Trump cut some $2 billion in security aid.