UN Urges India, Pakistan to take Steps to Ease Tensions

June 18, 2015 | 10:43 AM | 5 Views
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif "will continue to engage with each other" to try to resolve the situation in Kashmir "peaceful and amicable," the deputy spokesman Farhan Haq Ban. At the daily press conference at the United Nations on Wednesday, Haq evaded a question by a Pakistani journalist who referred to Kashmir, asked whether Ban would "appeal to India to have some sort dialogue with Pakistan "and mentioned the Secretary of State to the call of John Kerry Tuesday to Sharif. Haq avoided saying whether Ban would make a call." Our hope in this area is that the leaders of both countries will continue to engage with each other and try to resolve the situation peacefully and amicably, "Haq said." And we'll see where they go with that. "Kerry has highlighted what he called "the recent increase in tensions between India and publicly Pakistan" .What was the first question that he discussed during his first press conference since his bike accident last month, saying he and Sharif spoke. "It's very, very important that there is no misinterpretation or miscalculation in relation to one of the back-and-forth and empower some entities might feel," did -he said. Kerry added that Sharif told him about her conversation with Modi.

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