Russia says prepared to assist resolve India-Pakistan variations over Kashmir

Russia says prepared to assist resolve India-Pakistan variations over Kashmir

Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov. File
| Photograph Credit score: Reuters

Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke to his Pakistani counterpart on Sunday (Could 4, 2025) and provided Russia’s assist in resolving tensions between Pakistan and India over Kashmir, the International Ministry stated.

“Specific consideration was paid to the numerous rise in stress between New Delhi and Islamabad,” the ministry stated in a press release, referring to Mr. Lavrov’s dialog with Ishaq Dar, who can be Pakistan’s deputy prime minister.

“It was pressured that Russia is able to act for a political settlement of the state of affairs ensuing from the act of terrorism of April 22 within the Pahalgam space of the Kashmir Valley, within the occasion of a mutual need on the a part of Islamabad and New Delhi,” the Russian International Ministry stated in a press release posted on Telegram.

Mr. Lavrov’s dialog with Mr. Dar occurred two days after he spoke with Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and in addition known as for a settlement of variations between the 2 neighbouring nations.

Suspected militants killed a minimum of 26 folks in final week’s assault on a mountain vacationer vacation spot within the Pahalgam space of the Kashmir Valley.

Kashmir is claimed by each nations and has been the main target of a number of wars, an insurgency and diplomatic standoffs.

Russia has been India’s largest weapons supplier for many years and New Delhi and Moscow have had shut ties since Soviet instances.

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