Bahrain joined global calls for calm and expressed deep concern over the military escalation between India and Pakistan, which has resulted in loss of life and property.
In a statement, the Foreign Ministry emphasised Bahrain’s call for both sides to exercise calm and restraint and to avoid further escalation.
The ministry underlined the importance of dialogue in resolving the crisis and stressed the need to settle disputes through peaceful means in accordance with the principles of good neighbourliness, international law and the United Nations Charter, to protect the people of both nations from the devastating consequences of war and to uphold security, peace and stability in the region.
India and Pakistan exchanged heavy shelling yesterday, killing 26 Pakistanis and 12 Indians in the most serious military confrontation between the two nuclear powers in two decades.
Since the April 22 attack that killed 26 people in Indian Kashmir, tensions have escalated between the two countries, which have been at odds since the partition in 1947.
The tension escalated into a military confrontation on Tuesday evening. Beijing and London rushed to offer mediation to defuse the crisis, while the United Nations, Moscow, Washington, Paris and the European Union called for restraint.
The two armies exchanged artillery fire along the disputed Kashmir border after Indian strikes on Pakistani territory in response to the Pahalgam attack.
According to Pakistani Army spokesman General Ahmed Chaudhry, Indian missiles that struck six cities in Pakistani Kashmir and Punjab killed at least 26 civilians and injured 46 others.
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