UNITED NATIONS: The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on India and Pakistan to take instant steps to defuse tensions and offered to help broker a solution if both sides agree to UN mediation.&We are deeply concerned at the escalating tensions between the two countries,& said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric ."Guterres stresses the importance of both sides to exercise maximum restraint and take instant steps to de-escalation,& added Dujarric.Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had appealed to UN Secretary General to step in to defuse tensions, in a letter.
&It is vital to take steps for de-escalation.
The United Nations must step in to defuse tensions,& said the letter sent on Monday and shared by the Foreign Office on TuesdayQureshi said: &It is with a sense of urgency that I draw your attention to the deteriorating security situation in our region resulting from the threat of use of force against Pakistan by India.&TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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