Rarely the tension between India and Pakistan has not been so strong in the last two years. The reason: the attack that killed at least 26 people near a tourist site in Pahalgam, India, on April 22, the most deadly against civilians in the region since 2000.
Nueva Delhi attributed responsibility for this attack on Islamabad, but Pakistan immediately denied any participation and requested a “neutral research.”
Shot exchanges
Since the deadly score in 1947 in their independence, the two countries have competed for the sovereignty of the entire back, most Muslims, an ultralimilitarized region divided between the two countries. In the Indian part, a separatist rebellion has made several tens of thousands of victims since 1989. New Delhi has deployed about 500,000 soldiers.
Proof of the severity of the situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that his army had “operational freedom” to respond as she wants this attack.
Since then, the two nuclear powers have been in the war in recent days. Their governments have multiplied the reciprocal diplomatic sanctions and their nationals were asked to leave the neighbor’s territory no later than Tuesday.
For several nights, the light fire exchanges have opposed Pakistani and Indian soldiers along the “control line”, the de facto border that separates the puppy between India and Pakistan, according to the Indian army.
Beijing asks to show “moderation”
These tensions between two countries with nuclear weapons concern world diplomacy. This Tuesday, Washington said “reaching both parties.” “We ask, of course, that they do not worsen the situation,” said Tammy Bruce, spokesman for the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. The latter must meet soon with its Indian and Pakistani counterparts.
Beijing also ordered New Delhi and Islamabad on Monday to show “restriction” and “expects the two parties to meet halfway, adequately manage their differences through dialogue and consultation”, according to the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guo Jiakun. The latter shared his desire that India and Pakistan “jointly maintain regional peace and stability.”
Another country to ask for calm, Turkey, who “wants the growing tensions between Pakistan and India to discourage as soon as possible, before moving to a more serious situation”, in the words of its president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The UN as mediator?
For his part, the UN Secretary General spoke on Tuesday by phone with the Pakistani Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India, calling them to “avoid” the confrontation, said his spokesman.
Antonio Guterres “expressed his deep concern about the increase in tensions between India and Pakistan, and stressed the need to avoid confrontation that could lead to tragic consequences,” said Stéphane Durric.
“Civil attacks are unacceptable in any circumstance,” added Antonio Guterres.
The Pakistani prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, urged “to advise India” to show “restriction” in Cashmere’s disputed region, “while emphasizing that Pakistan will defend his sovereignty and territorial integrity of all his forces in the case of an unhappy initiative of India.”
“The Prime Minister encouraged the UN Secretary General to advise India to act responsible for a restriction,” said Prime Minister’s office.
European countries have been more discreet in increasing tensions. Several of them had reacted the day after the attack. For example, British prime minister Keir Starmer said he was “horrified.”
For his part, Emmanuel Macron had described “infamous” the attack of puppy, before speaking with the Indian prime minister. The head of state said that “the Indian people can count on the solidarity and friendship of France.”
Words of support involved when India has confirmed its order of 26 marine aircraft from Rafale to France through A contract with an amount of 6,500 million euros.
Source: BFM TV
