Pakistan's recent ceasefire violations along LoC & incidents of firing on international border are a breach of bilateral agreements, says MEA

Pakistan's recent ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) and incidents of firing on the international border are a breach of bilateral agreements, the Ministry of External Affairs said yesterday. A BSF head constable died after sustaining injuries in unprovoked firing by the Pakistan Rangers along the international border in Ramgarh sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district yesterday. 

Arindam Bagchi, MEA Spokesperson replying to a question on incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan, said that such incidents of ceasefire violations and



cross-border infiltration, sometimes done with drones and with firing, are violations of bilateral agreements and we always raise and take up these matters with Pakistan. It was the third incident of ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Rangers on the international border in the last over three weeks. 

In a significant move aimed at reducing tensions, the Indian and Pakistani armies on February 25, 2021 announced that they would cease firing across the LoC while recommitting themselves to a 2003 ceasefire agreement.