Former UN weapons inspector and ex- US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter has praised Pakistan’s diplomatic involvement in ongoing regional tensions, saying Islamabad has played an important role in efforts to bridge differences between Iran and the United States.
Ritter commended Pakistan’s leadership in facilitating dialogue and suggested it deserves international acknowledgement for its mediation efforts. He added that, in his view, Pakistan’s role in supporting potential peace-building initiatives could even merit consideration for high-level recognition, including the Nobel Peace Prize.
“I, first of all, want to commend Pakistan for the leadership that it has played in this,” Ritter said, adding that Pakistan’s leadership deserved international recognition for its mediation efforts. “If there ever was somebody who deserved the Nobel Peace Prize, the Pakistani leadership that has played this very essential role deserves this,” he remarked.
Speaking during senior anchorperson Fahd Hussain’s programme ‘Full Frame’ of a private TV channel, Ritter described Pakistan as “the only game in town” capable of helping bring the crisis toward a final resolution.
Scott Ritter, who served as a UN weapons inspector in Iraq during the 1990s and frequently comments on US foreign policy and Middle Eastern affairs, also appealed to the international community to provide Pakistan with economic and political support following the conflict.
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