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‘Step back from the brink’, Guterres urges India and Pakistan [1]

  • © Unsplash/Pijus Ghosh A view of Pahalgam. (file photo)

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for “maximum restraint” from India and Pakistan, warning that escalating tensions over a recent deadly terror attack in Kashmir risk spiralling into outright military confrontation.

Addressing journalists outside the Security Council [2] at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Guterres expressed deep concern [3] over deteriorating relations between the two South Asian neighbours, saying they had reached “their highest in years.”

He reiterated his condemnation [4] of the 22 April terror attack in the Pahalgam area of Jammu and Kashmir, which killed at least 26 civilians and injured many more.

Read the full story on the UN News [5] website.

Source: 
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/05/1162901 [5]
Source URL: https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/step-back-brink-guterres-urges-india-and-pakistan

Links
[1] https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/step-back-brink-guterres-urges-india-and-pakistan
[2] https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/
[3] https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/press-encounter/2025-05-05/secretary-generals-press-encounter-india-and-pakistan
[4] https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/04/1162506
[5] https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/05/1162901
[6] https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/unmogip-news