SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday expressed relief over de-escalation of tensions in West Asia and called for lasting peace across the world.
Speaking to reporters in Srinagar, Farooq said, “Thank God the war has stopped. I hope it remains stopped in the future as well, peace prevails in the world and we all benefit from it.”
Reacting to discussions around Pakistan’s mediation and calls for a Nobel Prize, he said, “I don’t see it. One works for Nobel Prize, one works for humanity. Those who demand a Nobel Prize, unfortunate. There is a better prize, which is the cause of humanity.”
Emphasizing the human cost of conflict, he added, “It is humanity that is suffering and it is humanity that must be saved.”
