Summary The US has urged Pakistan and India to avoid steps that escalate the tensions.
WASHINGTON (Dunya News) - State Department spokesperson John Kirby while briefing the newsmen in Washington on Thursday said that the US is closely watching escalation in Pak-India tensions after Indian troops reportedly fired across the LoC in Kashmir.
We’re following the situation closely. We also understand that the Pakistani and Indian militaries have been in communication. We believe that continued communication is obviously important to reduce tensions, John Kirby said.
Answering a question John Kirby said that US expressed concerns regarding the danger that terrorism poses to the region and added that we all know that terrorism knows no border.
“We continue to urge actions to combat and delegitimize terrorist groups like LeT and the Haqqani Network, Jaish-e-Mohammad”, Kirby said.
He further said that US Secretary of State John Kerry had spoke with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on September 27 and condemned terrorism in all its forms and also cautioned against any escalation in tensions.
He said that our message to both Pakistan and India has been the same, in terms of encouraging them to increase communication to deal with this threat of terrorism and to avoid steps that escalate the tensions.
