Last week, Guterres had "strongly" condemned the terror attack against security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
UN
Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on India
and Pakistan to take "immediate steps" to deescalate
tension that soared after 40 Indian security personnel were killed in
an attack by Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pulwama.
"The
Secretary General stresses the importance for both sides to exercise
maximum restraint and take immediate steps to de-escalation, and his
good offices are always available should both sides ask," the UN
Chief's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Tuesday at
the daily press briefing.
Dujarric
was asked about a meeting Pakistan's Permanent Mission to the UN has
sought with the Secretary General and also about Pakistani Foreign
Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi saying the UN
must step in to defuse tensions between the two nations.
"...Looking
at the situation in general between India and Pakistan, we're deeply
concerned at the increase in tensions between the two countries in
the wake of the attack on Indian security personnel on 14 February in
Pulwama," Dujrraic said.
He
said Pakistan's mission at the UN requested for the meeting with the
Secretary General.
"We
have seen press reports of a letter having been delivered to the UN.
As far as we've ascertained, none has been received as of this very
minute," he added.
Last
week, Guterres had "strongly" condemned the terror attack
against security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district,
perpetrated by Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, calling
for those behind the attack to be brought to justice.
"We
strongly condemn today's attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama
district and express our deepest condolences to the families of those
who lost their lives and to the government and people of India,"
Dujarric had said at the daily press briefing last Thursday.
Responding
to a question by PTI on the terror attack, Dujarric said, "We of
course wish a speedy recovery to those injured and call for those
behind the attack to be brought to justice.
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