EU urges Pakistan, India to decrease tension

BRUSSELS (AA): The EU on Tuesday urged tensions be decreased after Indian warplanes violated Pakistan’s airspace.

“We are following very closely current development between India and Pakistan,” said EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic.

“We remain in contact with both countries, what we believe essential is that all exercise maximum restraint and avoid further escalation of tensions,” Kocijancic added.

India said its warplanes in a pre-dawn attack Tuesday bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM) camp, located on the Pakistani side the Kashmir’s Line of Control. India said “several terrorists” were killed in the attack.

Pakistan Army spokesman Asif Ghafoor, said on his Twitter account that the Indian Air Force violated the de facto border that divides the disputed Kashmir Valley between the two countries.

“Indian aircrafts intruded from Muzafarabad sector. Facing timely and effective response from Pakistan Air Force released payload in haste while escaping which fell near Balakot. No casualties or damage,” Ghafoor said.