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STORY: UN / INDIA PAKISTAN UPDATE
TRT: 01:10
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 29 APR 2025, NEW YORK CITY
1. Med shot, exterior, United Nations flag
2. Med shot, journalists, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I just want to update you on the Secretary-General’s phone calls. This morning, he spoke separately by telephone with Muhammad Shebaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and he also spoke earlier in the day with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the Minister for External Affairs of the Republic of India. In his phone calls, the Secretary-General reiterated his strong condemnation of the 22 April terrorist attack that took place in Jammu and Kashmir. The Secretary-General noted the importance of pursuing justice and accountability for these attacks through lawful means.”
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5.SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General also expressed his deep concern at the rising tensions between India and Pakistan, and he also underscored the need to avoid a confrontation that could result in tragic consequences. The Secretary-General offered his Good Offices to support any de-escalation efforts.”
6. Wide shot, journalists
UN Secretary-General spoke separately by telephone with the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and with the Minister for External Affairs of India, a UN spokesperson said.
Addressing the press today (29 Apr), UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric said that the Secretary-General “This morning, he spoke separately by telephone with Muhammad Shebaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and he also spoke earlier in the day with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the Minister for External Affairs of the Republic of India.
He continued, “In his phone calls, the Secretary-General reiterated his strong condemnation of the 22 April terrorist attack that took place in Jammu and Kashmir. The Secretary-General noted the importance of pursuing justice and accountability for these attacks through lawful means.”
According to Dujarric, the Secretary-General also expressed his deep concern at the rising tensions between India and Pakistan, and he underscored the need to avoid a confrontation that could result in tragic consequences.
He also offered his Good Offices to support any de-escalation efforts.
