UN urges India, Pakistan to take immediate steps to defuse tensions 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on India and Pakistan to take immediate steps to defuse tensions and offered to help broker a solution if both sides agree. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi appealed to Guterres to step in to defuse tensions, in a letter seen by AFP. The United Nations must step in to defuse tensions,” said the letter sent on Monday. Kashmir has been split between India and Pakistan since independence from Britain in 1947.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 20, 2019 01:52 UTC