Farooq Abdullah Hails West Asia Calm, Calls for Global Peace | Kashmir Life

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.” (KNC)