RAWALPINDI
\nInter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Babar Iftikhar has categorically rejected as misleading the Indian Chief of Army Staff\u2019s claim that the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) is holding because they negotiated from a \u201cposition of strength\u201d.
\nThe military spokesperson Friday said it was agreed only due to Pakistan\u2019s concerns for the safety of the people of Kashmir living on both sides of the LoC.
\nThe statement issued from the DG ISPR\u2019s official Twitter account came in response to a comment by India\u2019s top military commander who claimed the credit for maintaining almost a year-long ceasefire along the LOC.
\n\u201cCeasefire with Pakistan continues to hold as we negotiated from a position of strength,\u201d Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukhand Narvane had said on Thursday.
\nHowever, the Pakistani military spokesperson rejected the claim and said no side should misconstrue it as their strength or other\u2019s weakness.
\nPakistani, Indian armies agree to re-enforce LoC ceasefire
\nThe director-generals of military operations of India and Pakistan, after reviewing the situation along the LOC and all other sectors, had agreed to re-enforce the ceasefire which went into effect from February 25, 2021.
\nThe two DGs of military operations had made hotline contact in the interest of achieving \u201cmutually beneficial and sustainable peace\u201d, a statement by the ISPR had said. It had said that they agreed to address each other\u2019s core issues and concerns which have the propensity to disturb the peace and lead to violence.
\nBoth sides had agreed for strict observance of all agreements, understandings and cease firing along the LOC and all other sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RAWALPINDI Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Babar Iftikhar has categorically rejected as misleading the Indian Chief of Army Staff\u2019s claim that the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) is holding because they negotiated from a \u201cposition of strength\u201d. The military spokesperson Friday said it was agreed only due to Pakistan\u2019s concerns […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2617,3716,3714,3713,195,3715],"class_list":{"0":"post-242613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-babar-iftikhar","9":"tag-ceasefire","10":"tag-chief-of-army-staff","11":"tag-dg-ispr","12":"tag-india","13":"tag-misleading"},"yoast_head":"\n