Recent Pakistan-India Tensions Show Need To Resolve Kashmir Dispute - Ambassador To Russia

Tensions that have recently sparked between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region show the need to resolve any disagreements between the two countries over this issue, Pakistan's Ambassador to Russia Qazi Khalilullah said on Monday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 25th March, 2019) Tensions that have recently sparked between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region show the need to resolve any disagreements between the two countries over this issue, Pakistan's Ambassador to Russia Qazi Khalilullah said on Monday.

"The recent developments in our region have once again highlighted the need for the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolutions and with the wishes of the people of Kashmir. Pakistan is willing to resolve the dispute peacefully, through dialogue with India," Khalilullah said during a reception on the occasion of Pakistan Day.

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.