India-Pakistan tensions: UNSC begins close door consultations after UN chief's call to 'step back from brink'

As tensions between India and Pakistan escalate in the wake of the Pahalgam terrorist attack that took 26 lives, mostly tourists, the UN Security Council commenced closed-door consultations on the current situation. The development comes after Secretary General Antonio Guterres voiced concern over tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours being “at their highest in years”.

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