Tensions Rise in South Asia – Russia Steps In, Urging Calm Between India and Pakistan: In a move that underscores just how precarious things are getting between South Asia’s two nuclear-armed neighbors, Russia has stepped into the fray, calling for diplomacy over saber-rattling. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reached out to his Indian counterpart, S. Jaishankar, on Saturday, urging both India and Pakistan to lean into dialogue—not confrontation. This comes hot on the heels of a devastating terrorist attack near Pahalgam in India’s Jammu and Kashmir region, which took the lives of 26 people, many of them tourists. Understandably, tensions have skyrocketed. India points the finger at Pakistan, accusing it of harboring and supporting terrorist elements across the border—a claim Islamabad routinely denies.
Tensions Rise in South Asia – Russia Steps In, Urging Calm Between India and Pakistan: In a move that underscores just how precarious things are getting between South Asia’s two nuclear-armed neighbors, Russia has stepped into the fray, calling for diplomacy over saber-rattling. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reached out to his Indian counterpart, S. Jaishankar, on Saturday, urging both India and Pakistan to lean into dialogue—not confrontation. This comes hot on the heels of a devastating terrorist attack near Pahalgam in India’s Jammu and Kashmir region, which took the lives of 26 people, many of them tourists. Understandably, tensions have skyrocketed. India points the finger at Pakistan, accusing it of harboring and supporting terrorist elements across the border—a claim Islamabad routinely denies.
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