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Protesters during the black day of August 15, in Peshawar, Pakistan. REUTERS / Fayaz Aziz

In Pakistan, tensions are increasing on the line of control that separates the country from India. Exchanges of gunfire yesterday killed Pakistani soldiers, the Pakistani army spokesman said. He says Indian soldiers have also been killed. This information has been denied by the Indian authorities.

With our special correspondent in Lahore, Sonia Ghezali

This is the first such incident since India revoked the autonomous status of the part of Kashmir it administers. The spokesman of the Pakistani army expressed Thursday August 15 in tweets . He accuses the Indian security forces of intensifying the firing on the line of control and of having once again violated the cease-fire in effect on this line that separates India from Pakistan and cuts the territory of the country. Cashmere in two. Exchanges of intermittent shots are still going on, he wrote at the end of the day. This incident at this live border is not a surprise.

Even before India decided to cancel the special autonomous status of the part of Kashmir it administered on August 5, tensions had already intensified on the line of control. It had been several weeks since it lasted. The Pakistani authorities even accused India of using cluster munitions against people living near the line of control. But it is true that in this context of diplomatic tensions related to Kashmir, the line of control is still, and more than ever a powder keg.

Kashmir at the UN Security Council

This morning the issue of Kashmir will be at the heart of an in camera session of the UN Security Council. This is exactly what Pakistan had been asking for since August 5th. The Pakistani authorities have repeatedly called on the international community to intervene. " The diplomatic channel is privileged, " they repeated.

The Pakistani Foreign Minister spoke by telephone with Federica Mogherini, the head of European diplomacy. He went to China to meet his counterpart. China and Pakistan are two friendly countries because of the important economic partnerships that bind them.

China lobbies Security Council

It is precisely China that has asked the UN Security Council to take up the Kashmiri issue. What the local press reports here is that the Pakistani foreign minister wrote a letter to the UN Security Council president. " Pakistan will not cause conflict. But India should not take our restraint for weakness. Pakistan, if forced, will have to answer in self-defense , "the letter said.

The demonstrators met in Lahore on Wednesday, August 15, during the black day were mostly for a diplomatic solution, but many still called the army to intervene.

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