Thread by @AakashHassan

'..the India-Pakistan cease-fire marked a milestone in secret talks brokered by the UAE that began months earlier...'

'The next step in the process involves both sides reinstating envoys in New Delhi and Islamabad'

aje.io/cf3e4 via @AJEnglish

Several clues over the past few months pointed at the UAE’s role. In November, Jaishankar met bin Zayed and the crown prince on a two-day visit to Abu Dhabi, followed by Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi the following month.

Roughly two weeks before the Feb. 25 announcement, the UAE foreign minister held a phone call with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan “wherein they discussed regional and international issues of interest.”

In Washington, State Department spokesman Ned Price dodged a question on what role the U.S. played in bringing the two sides together while urging Pakistan to play a constructive role in Afghanistan, Kashmir and other places.