Turkish president, UN chief discuss Pakistan-India tensions
Tensions between Pakistan and India have soared since a suicide bombing in Indian-occupied Kashmir.
ANKARA (Web Desk) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and United Nations chief Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed on Friday the recent developments at the Indian-Pakistani border.
Tensions between Pakistan and India, two nuclear-armed rivals, have soared since a suicide bombing in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) on February 14 which killed 40 Indian paramilitary troops.
India has long accused Pakistan of cultivating such militant groups to attack it. Pakistan has denied any involvement in the suicide attack.
Indian aircraft then crossed into Pakistan last week, carrying out what India called a pre-emptive strike against militants blamed for the bombing. Pakistan retaliated by shooting down an Indian fighter jet last Wednesday and detaining its pilot, who was returned to India last Friday as a peace gesture.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Antonio Guterres also discussed the latest situation in Syria, said the statement from the presidency.
Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests with unexpected ferocity.
Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million others displaced, according to UN officials.
