Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a phone conversation with the head of the Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Shah Mahmoud Kureishi.
According to the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the conversation took place on the initiative of the Pakistani side.
The main topic of the conversation was the situation that arose in South Asia after the decision of India to change the legal status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir bordering with Pakistan. On August 5, the Indian authorities decided to revoke the special status of the state provided by the country's Constitution. Official Islamabad, in turn, considers Jammu and Kashmir as an occupied territory.
Sergey Lavrov emphasized the need to reduce tensions in the region and the lack of alternatives to political and diplomatic tools for resolving the conflict.
Group of Strategic Vision "Russia - Islamic World"
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