Dhaka in a statement on Wednesday urged both New Delhi and Islamabad to remain calm and show restraint, saying that it was closely observing the evolving situation in India and Pakistan.
鈥楤angladesh expresses its deep concern over the situation, and urges both the countries to remain calm, show restraint and refrain from taking any steps that could further aggravate the situation,鈥� said the foreign affairs ministry in the statement issued from Dhaka.
It said that the Government of Bangladesh hoped that peace would eventually be restored.聽聽
鈥業n the spirit of regional peace, prosperity and stability, Bangladesh remains hopeful that tensions will be defused through diplomatic endeavours, and that peace will ultimately prevail for the benefits of the peoples in the region,鈥� said the statement.
India in the early hours of Wednesday fired missiles at Pakistani territory in a major escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals with the death toll from the strikes reaching 26 so far, as Islamabad vowed retaliation, according to a report of the Agence France-Presse from Islamabad.
