Guterres calls for ‘maximum restraint’ by India, Pakistan in aftermath of Pahalgam attack
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United Nations: The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has called upon India and Pakistan to exercise “maximum restraint” to prevent further deterioration of the tense situation in the region after the Pahalgam attack.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the UN Secretary General’s Spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, while reiterating the condemnation of terrorist attack that killed at least 26 people in Pahalgam on Tuesday, said: “We very much appeal to both the governments of Pakistan and India to exercise maximum restraint, and to ensure that the situation and the developments we’ve seen do not deteriorate any further.”
“We were very clear in our condemnation of the terror attack that occurred in Jammu and Kashmir,” he added.
“Any issues between Pakistan and India, we believe can be and should be resolved peacefully through meaningful mutual engagement,” he said.
Asked about India suspending the Indus Water Treaty on sharing the river’s resources, Dujarric said, “This would go under the rubric of us appealing for maximum restraint and not taking any actions that would deteriorate the situation further or increase tensions in a tense area.”
He said Guterres has not had any direct contact with the leaders of India and Pakistan since the attack.
