India a constant threat to regional peace FO.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan said yesterday that India was a constant threat to regional peace due to its aggressive policies.

Speaking at a weekly news briefAing here, Foreign Office spokesperAson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said the statement of the so-called Governor of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir was yet another manAifestation of the Indian leaders' agAgressive designs, which remain a constant threat to regional peace and stability.

She categorically said that the so-called Governor has made baseless claims which can neither change the facts of history nor the legal status of Jammu and Kashmir that remains internationally recAognized disputed territory. 'JamAmu and Kashmir as never been, nor will ever be India's integral part,' she added.

Baloch said rather than resorting to false and misleading assertions, India must vacate its illegal occupaAtion of the disputed territory, and let the Kashmiris exercise their inAalienable right to self-determinaAtion through a free and impartial plebiscite under the UN auspices.

The spokesperson said Indian leaders must not indulge in politiAcal rhetoric against other countries.

Baloch said Pakistan wants peace in South Asia and desires good reAlations with all its neighbours, inAcluding India.

She urged India to take necessary steps to create enabling environAment for peace in South Asia and reAsolve all outstanding issues, includAing the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in peaceful manner.

Next week, she said, two importAant dialogues including the Energy Security Dialogue and the Climate and Environment Working Group Meeting will be held between PakiAstan and the United States.

Baloch said that the Pakistan-US Energy Security Dialogue will take place on March 15, 2023.

The US Department of State's BuAreau of Energy Resources Assistant Secretary Geoffery Pyatt will lead the US delegation. The Secretary Power and Secretary Petroleum will lead from the Pakistan side.

The spokesperson said the disAcussions will be...