Islamabad, May 12, (dpa/GNA) – Senior military commanders from Pakistan and India were set to hold talks by telephone on Monday to extend a US-brokered ceasefire, after a calm night in the disputed region of Kashmir.
The director general of military operations (DGMO) would speak with his counterpart to assess the ceasefire that came into effect on Saturday and discuss measures to ensure it stays in place beyond Monday, Pakistani officials told dpa.
The nuclear-armed rivals agreed to the ceasefire after days of tit-for-tat drone, missile and airstrikes, targeting each other’s military installations and airbases.
The exchanges of fire were triggered by an attack on May 22 in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 mostly Indian tourists.
The military commanders would also discuss the mechanism of security talks between national security advisers (NSAs) to address all disputed issues including Kashmir, officials said.
US President Donald Trump announced the NSAs meeting in a third country in what was hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough.
The South Asian nations have fought three wars since their independence in 1947 over Kashmir, a Himalayan valley controlled in parts by Pakistan and India but claimed by both in entirety.
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