Islamabad:
Far from verbal exchanges between Islamabad and New Delhi, Pakistan and the Indian military were working in silence to relieve tensions, since they agreed on Tuesday to remove the troops from the progress positions.
The decision was made in a final contact between the military operations of the Director General (DGMOS) of the two countries. There was no official word of any of the parties on the last development.
A superior security source confirmed to the Express PAkGazette that both parties agreed to consolidate the high fire.
As part of the understanding, the two parties agreed to withdraw the reinforcements of the troops deployed during their recent conflict back to their peace posts by the end of May, a senior Pakistani security official said on Tuesday.
The official said that both countries agreed a withdrawal in stages of additional troops and the armament deployed, mainly along the very militarized control line (LOC).
It occurs after the Indian army last week said that both parties agreed to take “immediate measures to guarantee the reduction of border troops and forward areas.”
“All these steps were initially planned to be completed within 10 days, but minor problems caused delays,” added the Pakistani official.
The source said that both countries were moving cautiously and that was the reason why they were not issuing regular statements.
The high the fire negotiated by the United States was agreed on the night of May 10 when both countries were on the verge of a total conflict.
It was for the first time since the two countries became nuclear that exchanged missiles and drones aimed at the military facilities and bases of others. It all started after India on the night of May 6 and 7, missile attacks lunch, aimed at what he claimed terrorist camps, a claim vehemently refuted by Pakistan. Islamabad shared irrefutable evidence that those killed in strikes were innocent civilians and some of them had only two years.
Pakistan, while defending himself against the Indian strikes, knocked down six Indian combat planes, including the highly advanced French manufacturing rafale. Three days later, Pakistan hit more than two dozen military objectives through the border at the bottom of India to send a clear message that no new normality would be tolerated.
It was at that time that the main capitals of the world were alarmed by the strong increase in climbing, which led the United States to intervene. The Trump administration, which initially showed reluctance, finally put into action and managed to negotiate a high fire.
As part of the high fire agreement, the United States said that Pakistan and India would begin conversations about a wider range of problems in a neutral place. Pakistan welcomed the measure, but India did not comment directly and emphasized if there was any conversation that would focus only on terrorism and part of Kashmir that is under the control of Pakistan.
When asked, a source said that while conversations at the military level were making constant progress, there were still no indications when negotiations would begin at the political level.
The sources said that despite the provocative statements that emanated from New Delhi, even from the Minister of Defense of India, claiming that Pakistan was in “probation” and the “Operation Sindoor” only stopped, the Indian army was transmitting completely different messages.
The sources said the Indian army was anxious to keep the fire. Meanwhile, Pakistan, the officials emphasized, was committed to the truce. The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of the last weekly informative session said that Pakistan always preferred diplomacy on the conflict and would seek peaceful means to solve all pending problems with India, including the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
Shafqat Ali Khan, however, made it clear that Pakistan’s desire should not be confused as his weakness.
Separately, in an interview with a foreign media, the LT General of DG ISPR Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry warned that Pakistan would give an adequate response if India tried any misfortune. He also made it clear that Pakistan would never accept Indian hegemony. (With AFP entrance)
