RESPECT CEASEFIRE, DE-ESCALATE TENSION SAYS UNITED NATIONS TO INDIA & PAKISTAN
The UN has urged India and Pakistan to respect the ceasefire and 'de-escalate' tensions over the recent cross-border firings through dialogue.The United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) made the plea even as it received a complaint from Pakistan which claimed that Indian troops had allegedly crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and 'raided' a border post on January 6. India has denied it has crossed the LoC.
"UNMOGIP is aware that the Pakistan Army and Indian Army are in contact via the Hotline and urges both sides to respect the ceasefire and de-escalate tensions through dialogue," the UN observer force said in a statement to PTI.
The ceasefire has been in place along the LoC since 2003.
However, "no official complaint has been received either from the Pakistan Army or Indian Army" regarding the January 8 clash in which two Indian soldiers were killed, it said.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's spokesperson Martin Nesirky said at the daily briefing on January 9, 2013 that the UN observer mission had not received any complaint from either side over the January 8 clashes.
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