UK minister calls for diplomatic solution to India-Pak tension

Britain's Foreign Office Minister Mark Field on Monday renewed his government's call for a diplomatic solution to the ongoing tensions bewteen India and Pakistan in the wake of terrorist attack in Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir last month.

Tensions have escalated between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack by Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed.

At the end of a three-day visit to New Delhi and Mumbai last week, Field said he discussed the ongoing tensions between the two South Asian neighbours during a meeting with Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and reiterated that the UK stood "shoulder-to-shoulder with India" in condemnation of the terror attack in Pulwama.

"I expressed the UK's concern about the current tensions, discussed the importance of creating greater regional stability, including the urgent need to tackle terrorism, and encouraged both sides to come together to look for a peaceful diplomatic ...