The situation between India and Pakistan remained volatile on Thursday, with heavy bombing reports during the night and attacks on both sides that clouds an international diplomatic impulse to contain the risk of a total war.
After a day of violence on Wednesday that opened with Indian air attacks and Pakistani claims to have rejected the airplanes and the dead reports in each Indian and Pakistan seemed to find a way to descalize. Even when both sides publicly reached victorious tones, Pakistani officials said that security officials of both countries had made an initial contact to reopen communication.
President Donald Trump also expressed his willingness to help, since US officials said they were cheating with India and Pakistan leaders to seek a peaceful resolution.
On Thursday there were hopeful signs of commitment, including a burst or diplomatic meetings in New Delhi and Islamabad. The main diplomats of Iran and Saudi Arabia, crucial regional players who have close links with the two countries at war, were in New Delhi for meetings.
But on the ground, the news was more violence. The Indian side said he had received heavy bombings of Pakistani positions along the border areas during the night. Indian officials said they had responded strongly, and said they had pointed to Pakistan’s radars and aerial defense systems in several places. Pakistan, meanwhile, joined his statements to tear down Indian airplanes, saying that he had knocked down drones that had penetrated the Pakistani territory to carry out strikes on Thursday. Many of the details claimed by each side could not be completely confirmed.
In a sign of the growing violence, the United States issued an alert to US citizens in Lahore, the regional capital of Punjab province of Pakistan, near the border with India.
“Due to the reports of drone explosions, fallen drones and possible incursions of airspace in and near Lahore, the United States General Consulate in Lahore has addressed all consulate personnel who are protected in their place,” the statement said.
The two countries, separated from each other at the end of the British colonial domain in 1947, have fought against several wars, with the main inflammation point that claims are disputed over the Himalayas of Kashmira region, divided between them.
The recent climbing occurred after a horror terrorist attack on the Indian side of Kashmira last month that killed 26 civilians. India accused Pakistan of being behind the attack and promised military action. Pakistan denied the accusations and warned that he would respond in a child if he was attacked.
This week’s diplomatic impulse was being built around the hope that the heaviest military commitment could be contained in the actions early.
Pakistani officials said the national security advisors of both countries had established “some interaction” after Wednesday’s initial strikes. The commitment was mentioned for the first time by the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Ishaq Dar, in an interview with the TRT news channel. A second official confirmed the contact, but said it was indirect, suggested that there were mediators in the mixture.
Even so, in both capitals, it was clear that the risk of climbing was far from finishing.
In New Delhi, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent representatives of the opposition parties on the military action of India, and all the political figures He came out with a statement to support government action.
“This is a continuous operation,” said the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of India, Kiren Rijiju, after the meeting.
At the beginning of their meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Minister of Foreign Affairs, S. Jaishankar or India, they said that Government’s actions against Pakistan had been “attacked and measures.”
“It is not our intention to increase the situation,” he said. “However, if there are military attacks against us, there should be no doubt that it will be with a very, very firm answer.”
In Pakistan, the country’s leadership also showed a united front. The dominant rookies and social networks were images of a funeral that was held on Wednesday for a 7 -year -old boy who was killed in Indian strikes. The main leadership of Pakistan, including the country’s prime minister, the president and his army chief, attended.
After the funeral, the president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, condemned India as “cowardice” and promised that they would be “with a decisive action.”
