Escalating India-Pakistan crisis fuels regional insecurity: Iran
Foreign Ministry spokesman has warned against the continuation of tensions between India and Pakistan, urging both countries to exercise more self-restraint.
“The escalation of tensions and continuation of the crisis between these two countries will prepare the ground for extremist and terrorist groups and the countries supporting them to spread insecurity and create more instability in the region,” Bahram Qassemi said on Friday, Press TV reported.
Iran invites the two neighboring countries to exercise self-restraint and avoid non-peaceful approaches, he added.
Tehran also calls on New Delhi and Islamabad to solve their differences through direct talks and political means, the Iranian spokesperson said.
Qassemi expressed hope that the two countries would adopt "rational and non-military strategies" to find peaceful and lasting solutions to the conflict.
He said countries such as India and Pakistan, which have rich culture and civilization, can once again solve their differences through diplomacy and reciprocal visits at different levels.
The spokesman emphasized that more efforts by India and Pakistan at the current juncture can thwart all plots by regional and international ill-wishers.
Tensions have been growing between Pakistan and India ever since New Delhi said it conducted “surgical strikes” against militants across the de facto borderline dividing the disputed region of Kashmir on Wednesday.
The Pakistani military, however, rejected such claims and said, “There has been no surgical strike by India.”
Pakistan also said on Thursday that two of its soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with Indian troops across the de facto border known as the Line of Control (LoC).
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