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Pakistan willing to probe Indian claim on cross-border attack

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

ISLAMABAD, Jan 10, IRNA -- Pakistan said it is ready to investigate Indian claim that Pakistani troops have crossed into Indian-administered Kashmir and killed two Indian soldiers.

Indian authorities say that Pakistani forces crossed the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border in the disputed Kashmir region, on Tuesday and killed two Indian soldiers.

"Pakistan strongly rejects the Indian allegation of an attack across the LoC on its military patrol in which two Indian soldiers were claimed to have been killed. These are baseless and unfounded allegations," the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

A foreign ministry statement said that Pakistan is prepared to hold investigations through the United Nations Military Observes Group for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) on the recent ceasefire violations on the Line of Control.

Pakistan and India declared a ceasefire along the LoC in 2003 and guns had been relatively silence since then.

"Pakistan remains committed to the ceasefire agreement of 2003 which is an important Confidence Building Measure and should be respected in letter and spirit," the Pakistani statement said.

Pakistan also urged the need for abiding and strengthening existing military mechanisms to ensure that there is no recurrence of such violations in future.

The statement said Pakistan is committed to a constructive, sustained and result-oriented process of engagement with India.

"We have made significant progress in the dialogue process. Pakistan has taken a number of steps to normalize and improve bilateral relations. It is important that both sides make serious efforts in maintaining this improvement and avoid negative propaganda," it added.

In New Delhi, Pakistani High Commissioner was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs and a formal protest was lodged over the alleged Pakistani incursion.

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