The resolution of the ongoing tensions between Pakistan and India over the disputed Kashmir region is crucial for stability in South Asia, Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Qazi Khalillulah said on Friday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd March, 2019) The resolution of the ongoing tensions between Pakistan and India over the disputed Kashmir region is crucial for stability in South Asia, Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Qazi Khalillulah said on Friday"For the lasting peace in South Asia, the resolution of the Kashmir dispute is imperative. Pakistan wishes to resolve this dispute peacefully with India. However, we did not get a positive response from the other side," Khalillulah said during a press conference.
Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated last month, after the Pakistani military shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir, responding to an earlier airstrike by Indian aircraft against what New Delhi said was a camp of Jaish-e-Mohammad group, considered terrorists by India and located on the Pakistani soil across the so-called Line of Control, separating India- and Pakistan- controlled areas of Kashmir.
The Indian airstrike came after a deadly attack by Jaish-e-Mohammad on the Indian paramilitary police force in Kashmir in mid-February. While India has accused Pakistan of supporting the militants and having a "direct hand" in the incident, Pakistan, in turn, has rejected the allegations.
