Credible minimum deterrence needed for regional stability: Aziz

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Amid rising Indo-Pak tensions, Pakistan on Tuesday said "credible minimum deterrence" was needed for regional stability and warned that instability has consequences with "far more dangers".

Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said the imperative of strategic stability was an important dimension of Pakistan-India relations.

"There is need for credible minimum deterrence as instability has consequences with far more dangers," he said while addressing an international conference on 'Strengthening Peace and Cooperation in South Asia: Incentives and Constraints' organised by Islamabad Policy Research Institute. 

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