New Delhi, May 10: The United Nations welcomed the ceasefire, agreed by India and Pakistan on Saturday, after a three-day frontal war continued along the border and in the main lands.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed “all efforts to de-escalate the conflict”, as India and Pakistan agreed to an immediate ceasefire.
“We are monitoring but we welcome all efforts to de-escalate the conflict,” Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, told media reports.
The US-brokered ceasefire came hours after India and Pakistan attacked each other’s military facilities, dangerously escalating the ongoing conflict.
“India and Pakistan have today worked out an understanding on stoppage of firing and military action,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in a social media post.
The announcement came days after India carried out Operation Sindoor striking nine terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) to avenge the Pahalgam attack.Since the operation, Pakistan targetted various Indian military installations, and habitations along the International border, but in vain.
