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Pakistan summons Indian Envoy over alleged Kashmir ceasefire violations

24 July 2019 13:56 (UTC +04:00)

The Pakistan Foreign Ministry has summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian Army along the Line of Control (LoC) on 22 and 23 July 2019, APA reports citing Sputnik.

Two days earlier the Indian Army reported an exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani forces on the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region, resulting in at least one soldier being killed and four civilians being injured.

The foreign ministry has claimed that in the last two days two civilians were killed while four others were injured in the firing.

"The ceasefire violations by India are a threat to regional peace and security and may lead to a strategic miscalculation", the ministry said in a statement.

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has also urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 Ceasefire arrangement; investigate these and other incidents of ceasefire violations; instruct the Indian forces to respect the ceasefire, in letter and spirit and maintain peace on the LoC and the Working Boundary.