India and Pakistan have agreed with an immediate cease-fire mediated by the United States, ending four days of hostilities between nuclear weapons.
“After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am happy to announce that India and Pakistan have accepted a full and immediate ceasefire,” said US President Donald Trump on Truth Social Saturday. Governments of the two Asian nations will start talks on a wide range of questions on a neutral site, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio on X.
Décurlade comes a few hours after the Indian and Pakistani soldiers targeted the bases of the other, fueling the fears ofA total war. Global powers, including China, Saudi Arabia and the group of seven nations, urged countries to engage in a dialogue after dozens of civilians on each side of the border were killed in a series of attacks in Tit-For-Tat.
India had started military strikes on Wednesday, saying that it was targeting terrorist camps in Pakistan responsible for aApril 22 attackThis killed 26 tourists in the Indian administrator of the contested region of cashmere. Pakistan then claimed to have dropped five Indian planes – an assertion that New Delhi has not yet approached – and the two parties have launched drone and missile strikes in the territory of the other.
The Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs, S. Jaishankar, confirmed the ceasefire in a post on X, claiming that “India has always maintained a firm position without compromise against terrorism in all its forms and demonstrations. He will continue to do so. “
Pakistani vice-prime minister Ishaq Dar echoes confirmation, saying that “Pakistan has always sought peace and security in the region, without compromising its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“The two parties will now claim victory from their own audience,” said Manoj Joshi, a scholarship holder of the observer research. “What is the reality that will be difficult to know.”
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The director general of military operations of Pakistan called his Indian counterpart and it was agreed that the two parties would cease all shots and military action on earth, in the air and the sea, with effect from 5 p.m., the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of India, Vikram Misri, said in a statement. The DGMOS will speak again at noon on May 12, he added.
After the announcement of the ceasefire, Pakistan has reopened its airspace for all flights and all airports in the country work as normal, according to the Airports Authority nation.
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