UN chief 'deeply concerned' over Pakistan-India tensions in Kashmir


United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (centre) together with religious representatives speaking to the media during his visit the Sikh Shrine of Baba Guru Nanak Dev at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in the Pakistani town of Kartarpur, near the Indian border, on Tuesday (Feb 18). - AFP

ISLAMABAD: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres in a four-day visit to Islamabad announced that he is worried by underlining his fears about tensions between Pakistan and India over the disputed Kashmir region.

"I am deeply concerned," Guterres said at a joint press conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, pointing to renewed clashes between the South Asian nuclear-armed neighbours in recent months.

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