Russia expressed its willingness to help ease hostilities between the two arch rivals on Thursday. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow will provide a place for Indo-Pakistani talks "if they wish to." Tipping his hat to the Kremlin, Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced his country is ready to talk.
"Lavrov has offered to mediate. I don’t know about India but I want to say this to Russia that Pakistan is ready to come to the table and de-escalate tensions," Qureshi said.