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UNITED NATIONS: The call for a ceasefire by UN chief Antonio Guterres, amid the coronavirus pandemic, is global and should be applied everywhere, including along the Line of Control, his spokesman said , as Pakistani forces engage in unprovoked firing throughout the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir this week. who killed an Indian citizen.
India on Friday registered a strong protest with Pakistan over the murder of an Indian citizen in a non-firing shot by Pakistani forces along the LoC in the Poonch district on Thursday.
“The Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire is exactly that. It is global and should apply everywhere, ”UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday.
He was responding to a question about Pakistan’s unprovoked dismissal on the Line of Control, even as the UN chief has called for a global ceasefire in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Pakistani army attacked the Qasba, Kirni, Shapur and Mankote sectors of Poonch, Indian officials said.
There have been frequent incidents of violation of the ceasefire by Pakistan since India announced its decision to withdraw the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and fork it in two union territories in August last year.
Pakistan often uses ceasefire violations to push terrorists to the Indian side. Indian troops have also been retaliating for Pakistan’s actions under its persecution policy.
The Pakistani military claimed Thursday that a 34-year-old Pakistani soldier and two women were allegedly shot dead by Indian troops through the Control Line (LoC) on April 29.
Dujarric added that he did not receive any updates from UN colleagues in the United Nations Group of Military Observers in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) on the situation.
UNMOGIP, established in January 1949, observes and reports on violations of the ceasefire throughout the LoC and the working boundary between the two neighbors in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as reports on developments that could lead to violations of the ceasefire.
However, India maintains that UNMOGIP has “survived its relevance” after the Simla Agreement signed between the two countries in 1972.
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India on Friday registered a strong protest with Pakistan over the murder of an Indian citizen in a non-firing shot by Pakistani forces along the LoC in the Poonch district on Thursday.
“The Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire is exactly that. It is global and should apply everywhere, ”UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday.
He was responding to a question about Pakistan’s unprovoked dismissal on the Line of Control, even as the UN chief has called for a global ceasefire in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Pakistani army attacked the Qasba, Kirni, Shapur and Mankote sectors of Poonch, Indian officials said.
There have been frequent incidents of violation of the ceasefire by Pakistan since India announced its decision to withdraw the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and fork it in two union territories in August last year.
Pakistan often uses ceasefire violations to push terrorists to the Indian side. Indian troops have also been retaliating for Pakistan’s actions under its persecution policy.
The Pakistani military claimed Thursday that a 34-year-old Pakistani soldier and two women were allegedly shot dead by Indian troops through the Control Line (LoC) on April 29.
Dujarric added that he did not receive any updates from UN colleagues in the United Nations Group of Military Observers in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) on the situation.
UNMOGIP, established in January 1949, observes and reports on violations of the ceasefire throughout the LoC and the working boundary between the two neighbors in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as reports on developments that could lead to violations of the ceasefire.
However, India maintains that UNMOGIP has “survived its relevance” after the Simla Agreement signed between the two countries in 1972.
