Sartaj confirms NSAs of Pakistan, India made contact after recent tensions

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz confirmed that a contact was established between National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan, after recent tension between both countries on Line of Control (LoC).

Sartaj Aziz said that Lieutenant General (retd) Nasir Khan Janjua and Ajit Doval agreed to reduce tensions on LoC. He said that India wants to divert world’s attention from Occupied Kashmir by escalating tensions.

“Pakistan wants to reduce tensions on LoC and focus on Kashmir”, he added.

Talking about Prime Minister’s recent US visit, he said that Nawaz Sharif had explained to the world leaders that incidents of border tensions would continue between both countries without the resolution of Kashmir dispute.

Two Pakistani soldiers embraced martyrdom on Thursday when Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday morning.

The unprovoked fire was painted as a ‘surgical strike’ by senior Indian officials, in a move apparently aimed to satisfy the public.

Pakistan rebuffed the claims with the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) saying, "There has been no surgical strike by India, instead there had been cross-border fire initiated and conducted by Indian forces which is an existential phenomenon".

Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing across the LoC on Saturday morning as well.

On both occasion, Pakistan Army befittingly responded to Indian provocation, silencing the guns of the enemy.

Of late, tensions soared high between the two nuclear-armed adversaries over occupied Kashmir and an attack on Indian army's brigade headquarters in Uri, which left 18 soldiers dead.