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Have some reasonably 'decent news' from India, Pakistan: Donald Trump

| @indiablooms | Feb 28, 2019, at 01:31 pm

Hanoi, Feb 28 (IBNS): Amid escalating tension between India and Pakistan, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he hoped that the de-escalation of heated situation between the two neighbouring nations will be reached soon.

"I think reasonably attractive news from Pakistan and India, they have been going at it and we have been involved and have them stop, we have some reasonably decent news, hopefully its going to be coming to an end. It has been going on for a long time,decades and decades," Trump said on the sidelines of the meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi city of Vietnam.

A day after India and Pakistan got engaged in an air fight, the United States has urged both the countries to "cease all cross-border military activity" and deescalate the situation immediately, media reports said. 

The US also said Pakistan must abide by the UN Security Council Commitments and should not give the terrorists a safe heaven.

The United States, the United Kingdom and France have also submitted a fresh proposal at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to designate Pakistan-based militant organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) chief Masood Azhar, who had carried out the Pulwama attack, as a global terrorist.

Tension between India and Pakistan:

A day after the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted a surgical strike across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a response to the Pulwama attack, Pakistan claimed that it has shot down two aircrafts of the IAF and captured a pilot.

The neighbouring nation also released a video and claimed that it is of an Indian  pilot named Abhinandan.

In response to the claims, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said: "The Pakistan Air Force was detected and the Indian Air Force responded instantly. In that aerial engagement, one Pakistan Air Force fighter aircraft was shot down by a MiG 21 Bison of the Indian Air Force."

"The Pakistani aircraft was seen by ground forces falling from the sky on the Pakistan side. In this engagement, we have unfortunately lost one MiG 21. The pilot is missing in action. Pakistan has claimed that he is in their custody. We are ascertaining the facts," he said.

In the Pulwama attack, which took place on Feb 14, over 40 Indian paramilitary personnel were martyred.

In the surgical strike, India claimed a very large number of JeM terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis who were being trained for fidayeen action were eliminated.

Let's talk: Imran Khan tells India

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said his country is ready to sit on any form of 'dialogue' with India on the issue of 'terrorism'.

Addressing the nation, Khan was quoted as saying by Geo News: "I wanted to take you into confidence regarding the situation arising since yesterday. We offered India that we are ready to cooperate with them in any kind of investigation after the Pulwama attack. I know the grief the families of [those killed in Pulwama attack] have been going through."

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