Islamabad:
Azad Jammu and Cashmere President Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry called for international mediation and said that his administration was preparing a humanitarian response in the event of a new climbing between India with nuclear arms and Pakistan.
India blamed Pakistan for the attack on April 22, which left 26 dead, which Islamabad denied.
“There are a lot of activities in progress and everything could happen, so we have to prepare for it.
“We are expecting mediation at the moment of certain sympathetic countries and we hope that this mediation must take place, otherwise India would do anything this time,” he said. Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates may be able to mediate, he added.
Chaudhry also said that he hoped that great players like the United States and Great Britain could also get involved. He said that the activity along the control line (LOC) was “hot” and that Pakistan had shot two Indian drones in recent days.
There had been regular dismissals by Pakistani and Indian soldiers day and night, although there were no victims, he said. Pakistan had also detected Indian Rafale fighter flying near the loc, although they were not crossed, he added.
The Indian Air Force did not respond to a request for comments, although an Indian military official declared that the Rafale jets were doing their usual training and their exercises along the loc.
Chaudhry said he had not received information on the moment and when India was to strike, but his administration worked with groups such as the Red Crescent Society to prepare additional medical and food supplies in the event of a conflict.
“The Red Crescent works there and we are working on displaced people in affected areas,” he said.
He said the international community was also due to pay more attention to the long -term future in cashmere.
“I think it’s a good time for the international community as a whole and the UN to play a mediation role in cashmere,” he said. “It’s been a long time and the inhabitants of cashmere have suffered a lot.”
The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, spoke on Tuesday in Pakistan and India, stressing the need to avoid confrontation. The United States and Great Britain also called for calm.
