End LoC exchange of fire: US urges India, Pak

January 08, 2013 01:52

The US today asked India and Pakistan to take steps to end the exchange of fire and resume normal trade and travel across the Line of Control.

"We urge both sides to take steps to end exchanges of fire and to resume normal trade and travel across the line of control," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters.

Nuland was responding to questions on news reports of firing by the Pakistani forces across the LoC on Indian posts. India said its troops retaliated after unprovoked shelling by Pakistan destroyed a home.

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