United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was very concerned about Indian attacks in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, his spokesperson said on Tuesday while calling for maximum military restraint from both nuclear-armed Asian neighbors.<\/p>\n
Guterres said earlier this week even before India\u2019s military actions that tensions between India and Pakistan were \u201cat their highest in years\u201d after an April 22 Islamist militant attack in India-administered Kashmir in which 26 people were killed and which the UN chief condemned as an \u201cawful terror attack.\u201d<\/p>\n
India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday Asia time and late Tuesday US time, while Pakistan said it had shot down some Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Secretary-General is very concerned about the Indian military operations across the Line of Control and international border. He calls for maximum military restraint from both countries,\u201d the UN chief\u2019s spokesperson said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe world cannot afford a military confrontation between India and Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTensions between India and Pakistan are at their highest in years. I strongly condemn the awful terror attack in Pahalgam on 22 April. It is essential \u2014 especially at this critical hour \u2014 that India and Pakistan avoid a military confrontation that could easily spin out of control,\u201d Guterres said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Late last month, Guterres spoke separately with Pakistan\u2019s Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif and India\u2019s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and offered to support de-escalation efforts, his spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Muslim-majority Kashmir is claimed in full by both Hindu-majority India and Islamic Pakistan, with each controlling only part of it and having fought wars over it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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