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Pakistan's US ambassador says India, Pak have had contact at national security level
The latest escalation in the decades-old India-Pakistan rivalry began on Apr.22 when Pakistan terrorists killed 26 people in Kashmir.
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Reuters - Thu, 08, May 2025
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Military personnel with Indian Army stand guard at India Gate in New Delhi, India, May 8, 2025. / REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S. said on May 8 that India and Pakistan have had contacts at the level of their respective National Security Councils, when asked if the nuclear-armed Asian neighbors had any ongoing lines of conversation.
The ambassador, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, made the comments in an interview with CNN in which he also said the responsibility to de-escalate tensions between the two countries lay with India after two days of clashes.
"I think there have been contact at the level of NSCs, but then this escalation, both in terms of the actions that have been taken and in terms of rhetoric that is coming out, has to stop," Sheikh said in the interview without giving more details about the contacts.
Many global powers, including the U.S., have urged New Delhi and Islamabad to de-escalate tensions and keep lines of communication open. Washington has called for direct dialogue.
The latest escalation in the decades-old India-Pakistan rivalry began on Apr.22 when Pakistan terrorists killed 26 people in Kashmir in an attack that New Delhi blamed on Islamabad, which denied the accusations and called for a neutral probe.
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