India and Pakistan Agree a Ceasefire
A Pakistani security official stands guard at Karachi Port. Photo: EFE/EPA/SHAHZAIB AKBER
May 10, 2025 Hour: 8:57 am
The deputy prime minister and chancellor of Pakistan, Ishaq Dar, confirmed on Saturday a ceasefire with India, effective immediately, through a message published on the digital network X.
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“Pakistan and India have agreed to a ceasefire with immediate effect. Pakistan has always strived for peace and security in the region, without compromising on its sovereignty and territorial integrity!” said the Pakistani PM.
On the other hand, the Indian Foreign Minister Official Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed that both parts agreed the stoping of “all firing and military actions on land, sea and air.”
For his part, the United States president Donald Trump on their digital network Social Truth that India and Pakistan agreed to a total and immediate ceasefire, after “a long night of talks mediated by the United States.”
In addition both Directors General of Military Operations of India and Pakistan will meet again next Monday, May 12, according to official sources.
“The Directors General of Military Operations – from both countries – will hold another conversation on May 12 at 9:30 GMT,” said Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.
In the early hours of last Wednesday, Indian airstrikes against alleged terrorist bases on Pakistani territory, and a confrontation on the border, left some thirty dead and a great concern at international level, the worst military escalation among nuclear-armed neighbors in decades.
The escalation came after India launched an air strike on Pakistan, targeting what New Delhi described as terrorist infrastructure in nine different locations. Shortly thereafter, an exchange of artillery fire was also initiated along the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border dividing the Kashmir region between the two countries.
Tension between the two regional rivals had previously escalated following an armed attack on 22 April in the tourist town of Pahalgam, Indian Kashmir, in which 26 people were killed.
Author: ACJ
Source: teleSURtv.net // EFE
