'U.S in constant touch with Pakistan, India for de-escalation of tensions'
- By Web Desk -
- Mar 01, 2019
United States (US) Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said Thursday that Washington is in constant touch with both Pakistan and India for de-escalation of recent tensions.
Speaking to reporters, travelling with him from Hanoi, Vietnam to Manila in the Philippines, Pompeo expressed hopes to “take down the tensions” following his telephonic conversation with leaders of both countries.
He claimed that he exchanged “good information” from either sides.
The United States will continue to be engaged with the issue between Pakistan and India, he assured. “I encouraged each country to not take any action that would escalate and create increased risk,” Pompeo said detailing about his phone conversation.
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He asserted that the US is working to dissolve the escalation between the two nuclear-armed states.
The situation between the two neighbouring countries turned hostile in a tit-for-tat airstrikes following the Pulwama attack that killed over 40 Indian troops in occupied Kashmir on Feb 14.
As a response to Indian aggression, two fighter jets of Indian Air Force were shot down by Pakistan Air Force in broad day light on Feb 27.
Pakistan hit the Indian targets as a demonstration of its defense capability towards the violation of Line of Control by Indian fighter jets on Feb 26, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor said.