Pentagon calls on India and Pakistan to “avoid further hostilities”

"The focus of the acting Minister Shanakhan is the de-escalation of tensions and the call for two countries to avoid further military actions," the report says.

Earlier in the Kremlin called India and Pakistan for restraint against the background of the conflict.

On February 27, the Pakistani army reported that two planes of the Indian Air Force were shot down in Pakistani airspace. Two Indian pilots arrested.

The Pakistan Foreign Ministry explained the air strike as a demonstration of readiness for self-defense.