Russia says willing to help resolve India-Pakistan tensions

5/5/2025 5:46

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke to his

Pakistani counterpart on Sunday and offered Russia's help in

resolving tensions between Pakistan and India over Kashmir, the

Foreign Ministry said.



"Particular attention was paid to the significant rise in

tension between New Delhi and Islamabad," the ministry said in a

statement, referring to Lavrov's conversation with Ishaq Dar,

who is also Pakistan's deputy prime minister.



"It was stressed that Russia is ready to act for a political

settlement of the situation resulting from the act of terrorism

of April 22 in the Pahalgam area of the Kashmir valley, in the

event of a mutual desire on the part of Islamabad and New

Delhi," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted

on Telegram.



Lavrov's conversation with Dar took place two days after he

spoke with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and

also called for a settlement of differences between the two

neighbouring countries.



Suspected militants killed at least 26 people in last week's

attack on a mountain tourist destination in the Pahalgam area of

the Kashmir valley.



Muslim-majority Kashmir is claimed by both countries and has

been the focus of several wars, an insurgency and diplomatic

standoffs.



Russia has been India's largest weapons provider for decades

and New Delhi and Moscow have had close ties since Soviet times.