India and Pakistan confirmed the immediate ceasefire agreement announced by US President Donald Trump on Saturday morning (10).
After the fourth consecutive day of hostility exchanges against military facilities, Trump stated that the countries agreed with a “total and immediate” ceasefire.
The Pakistan Foreign Minister confirmed that both countries agreed with a ceasefire “with immediate effect”, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India said he began at 5 pm India time (8:30 am Brasília time).
“After a long night of US-mediated negotiations, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed with a total and immediate ceasefire,” said the US President.
“Congratulations to both countries for using common sense and great intelligence,” he added.
The sudden announcement occurred on a day when fears increased that the nuclear arsenals of countries could be affected, as the Pakistani army said that an important military and civil agency that supervises its nuclear weapons would meet.
But the Pakistan Defense Minister later said that no such meeting was scheduled.
At the same time, authorities on both sides have shown a willingness to retreat after the day -to -day shifts, as the combined number of civilians killed on both sides rose to 66.
“Pakistan and India have agreed with a ceasefire with immediate effect,” published the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Ishaq to give in X (former Twitter).
“Pakistan has always fought for peace and security in the region, without compromising its sovereignty and territorial integrity!”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India said that the head of Pakistan military operations called his Indian colleague on Saturday afternoon and was agreed that both sides would cease all shots.
The two leaders will speak again on May 12, the ministry added.
The escalation of the fighting began last Wednesday (7), when India performed attacks against what he called the “terrorist infrastructure” at the Pakistani Caxemira and Pakistan, two weeks after 26 people were killed in an attack on Hindu tourists in Caxemira Indiana.
Pakistan denied India’s accusations of involvement in the attack on tourists.
Since Wednesday, the two countries have exchanged artillery shots and cross-bombing bombings, as well as sending drones and missiles to each other’s airspace.
Countries have been involved in a dispute for Caxemira since they were born after the end of the British colonial rule in 1947.
India, mostly Hindu, and Islamic Pakistan claim cashmira fully, but govern it in part.
They have gone into war three times since then, including twice by Caxemira, and have confronted several times.
India blames Pakistan for an insurgency in its Caxemira region, which began in 1989 and has killed tens of thousands of people. It also blames Pakistani Islamic militant groups for attacks in other parts of India.
Pakistan rejects both accusations. It states that it only provides moral, political and diplomatic support to the separatists of Caxemira.
This content was originally published in India and Pakistan confirm ceasefire after Trump’s announcement on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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