U.Ok., U.S. to continue working for enduring India, Pakistan ceasefire: Lammy

Britain’s Foreign Minister David Lammy speaks with Reuters throughout an interview in Islamabad, Pakistan on May 17, 2025.
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The U.Ok. and U.S. have been working collectively to make everlasting the ceasefire between India and Pakistan following the current spherical of hostilities, in accordance to U.Ok. Foreign Secretary David Lammy. New Delhi and Islamabad engaged in rounds of armed battle following the April 22 terrorist assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam , during which 26 civilians had been killed.

“We 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,” Mr. Lammy instructed Reuters in Islamabad on the finish of his two-day go to to Pakistan.

Mr Lammy’s remarks, which suggest that the U.Ok. and U.S. are concerned within the Kashmir problem, echo U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated messaging that his administration was instrumental in brokering a May 10 ceasefire between New Delhi and Islamabad.

The Labour Party been engaged in a resetting of ties with India and British Indians, strolling again earlier positions on Kashmir. In 2020, months after the Modi authorities mooted authorized and administrative adjustments to Article 370 and Jammu and Kashmir, U.Ok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer (who was then the nation’s Leader of the Opposition) had stated Kashmir was a “bilateral issue for India and Pakistan to resolve peacefully”.

The Hindu reached out to the U.Ok. Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) for affirmation of the U.Ok. authorities’s place on Kashmir and the character of U.Ok.- U.S. coordination on the current ceasefire.

Indian authorities officers had stated that Mr Lammy wouldn’t go to New Delhi instantly after visiting Islamabad, given India’s robust emphasis of de-hyphenation from Pakistan.

Mr Lammy had spoken with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on May 15 and he’s anticipated to go to New Delhi “soon” in accordance to an announcement from the FCDO printed on Friday.