Pakistan and India have exchanged accusations of violating the ceasefire, which took place on Saturday, 4 days after a mutual shelling that killed 60 civilians.
“Repeated violations” were recorded in the last hours of the agreement, stressing that “the armed forces have responded appropriately to these violations.”
The Indian official called on Pakistan to take the “appropriate” measures to respond to these violations and deal with the situation with “seriousness”.
Pakistan responded by confirming its “commitment to carry out” the ceasefire.
The Pakistan Foreign Ministry said that the Pakistani armed forces “deal with the situation with responsibility and self -control”, accusing India of committing violations of the ceasefire.
The statement added, “We believe that any case related to a precise implementation of the ceasefire should be taken by communicating with appropriate channels, and the forces on the ground must in turn appear restraint,” the statement added.
A strong explosion was heard in Srinagar, the largest city of Kashmir, under Indian control (northwest), according to journalists at the French Press Agency, pointing to the intervention of air defense systems.
In the Pakistani part of Kashmir, two officials from the French Press Agency also reported “an intermittent exchange of fire between the Pakistani and Indian forces in 3 places along the monitoring line.”
An agreement announcement
Since last Wednesday, the two countries have exchanged artillery shelling and attacks with enlightenings and missiles, which raised fears of matters to a comprehensive war between the two nuclear powers, and pushed many foreign capitals to call for restraint.
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump announced a surprise in a post on his platform Truth Social that “after a long night of talks in which the United States mediated, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan agreed to a comprehensive and immediate ceasefire,” praising the two countries “for their resort to sound logic and great intelligence.”
Pakistani Foreign Minister Isaac Dar, via X, confirmed that Islamabad and New Delhi agreed to “the ceasefire immediately.”
In an Indian confirmation, a government source in New Delhi explained that the agreement was reached after a direct negotiation between India and Pakistan, noting that the two neighboring countries did not plan to discuss anything other than the ceasefire.
For his part, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the agreement came after extensive negotiations conducted by Ho Wajih de Vice Vice President with Indian ministers Narendra Modi and Pakistani Shahbaz Sharif and other senior officials.
Western capitals praised the agreement, and London described it as “very welcome”, and Paris as “choosing responsibility”, and Berlin as “an important first step.”
United Nations Secretary -General Antonio Guterres, as well as Iran, expressed their hope that the ceasefire between India and Pakistan will lead to a “permanent peace.”
China confirmed that it is still “determined to continue to perform a constructive role” in this process, at the same time, expressing its concern about any escalation of the conflict as it shares borders with the two countries.
Tension
It started on April 22, when the Indian part of Kashmir witnessed an attack carried out by gunmen during which they killed 26 people in a tourist location.
India accused the “La Shaker Taiba” group (an organization classified by the United Nations terrorist and is based in Pakistan) of carrying out the attack, but Islamabad denied any relationship with the attack and called for an independent investigation.
In the wake of sanctions and threats, the two countries began last Wednesday, the worst military confrontation between them for decades.
On the aforementioned day, India carried out strikes on many Pakistani cities, confirming that it was destroyed “terrorist camps”, which sparked a whirlpool of attacks and counter -attacks.
Yesterday, Pakistan announced that it had launched counter -attacks on India after 3 of its air bases were subjected to strikes during the night, and one of these bases is near Islamabad.