China pledges constructive role amid India-Pakistan escalation
China on Wednesday expressed its readiness to help defuse rising tensions between India and Pakistan following a major escalation between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
"We are willing to work together with the international community and continue to play a constructive role in easing the current tensions," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a briefing, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
Earlier, India said it launched midnight strikes on cities in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Pakistan said the attack violates its sovereignty and it reserves the right to respond.
The escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors comes in the wake of April 22 attack in Pahalgam, Indian-administered Kashmir in which 26 people were killed. India had blamed Pakistan for the attack, claiming there were cross-border links.
Pakistan denied that it had anything to do with the killings.
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