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UN observers investigating Pakistan's cease-fire complaint on Kashmir LoC

Xinhua, July 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

The UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) is looking into Pakistan's complaint about cease-fire violations by India on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, a UN spokesperson said.

The spokesperson was replying to questions from media at UN office on Tuesday.

"There're no conclusions to share at this stage," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said.

"As you know, if one or the other parties asks the UN observer mission, UNMOGIP, to deploy and observe a complaint about a cease- fire violation, UNMOGIP follows up on that, and so that's what it' s doing."

Last week, Islamabad registered a complaint with UNMOGIP against cease-fire violations by the Indian military along the LoC, following which the observer group visited the frontier area to carry out investigations. Endi