{"id":56490,"date":"2025-05-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/step-back-from-the-brink-guterres-urges-india-and-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:00:00","slug":"step-back-from-the-brink-guterres-urges-india-and-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=56490","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Step back from the brink\u2019, Guterres urges India and Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Addressing journalists outside the Security Council at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Guterres expressed deep concern over deteriorating relations between the two South Asian neighbours, saying they had reached \u201ctheir highest in years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated his condemnation of the 22 April terror attack in the Pahalgam area of Jammu and Kashmir, which killed at least 26 civilians and injured many more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Targeting civilians is unacceptable<\/strong> \u2013 and those responsible must be brought to justice through credible and lawful means,\u201d Mr. Guterres said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>It is also essential \u2013 especially at this critical hour \u2013 to avoid a military confrontation that could easily spin out of control.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>India and Pakistan both administer parts of Kashmir but claim the territory in full.<\/p>\n<p>The Security Council is due to meet behind closed doors later on Monday to discuss the rising tensions between the two nations.<\/p>\n<h2>UN ready to help de-escalate<\/h2>\n<p>He offered his good offices to both governments to help defuse tensions and promote diplomacy, stressing that \u201c<strong>a military solution is no solution.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow is the time for maximum restraint and stepping back from the brink,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Guterres also praised both countries for their long-standing contributions to UN peacekeeping operations and expressed hope that their shared history of cooperation could form the basis for renewed dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United Nations stands ready to support any initiative that promotes de-escalation, diplomacy, and a renewed commitment to peace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2025\/05\/1162901\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addressing journalists outside the Security Council at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Guterres expressed deep&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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