UN chief condemns Pathankot terror attack

January 05, 2016 23:35

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today condemned the terror attack on the IAF base in Pathankot and encouraged leaders of India and Pakistan to build on recent high-level exchanges between the two nations to address all outstanding issues through dialogue. "... the secretary-general condemns the terrorist attack at the Pathankot air base in India.

He is aware that the prime ministers of India and Pakistan had a phone conversation today to discuss this issue," Ban's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters here today.

He added that the UN chief "encourages both countries to build on recent high-level exchanges to address all outstanding issues through dialogue." Dujarric had not commented on the terror attack in Pathankot when asked yesterday, saying that the operation there was still ongoing.

On the attack on the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif, Dujarric had said that "obviously, it is an attack we condemn. Especially in light of what we've said, an attack on a diplomatic outpost '" that needs to be protected."

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