Pakistan Defense Minister Mukhtar said Pakistan does not want a war with India, but if India tried to impose a war behind the facade of a Kashmir dispute, then Pakistan would fully defend its territory. Mukhtar said India’s concern over the presence of Chinese troops in Gilgit-Baltistan is incorrect. He said China is Pakistan’s friend and has helped the country in tough times. He also said the Chinese troops were in no way interfering with Pakistan’s sovereignty. Mukhtar’s remarks sound a lot like an admission about the accuracy of the Indian accusations, implicitly confirming the presence of Chinese soldiers in far northern Pakistan.

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