Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan after the recent terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called for calm and urged both nations to pursue de-escalation.

India said it had responded to 'unprovoked' small arms firing from Pakistan along the de facto border for the fourth consecutive night, as it deepens its search for militants in the region following last week's deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir.

China is deeply invested in Pakistan and a conflict would endanger its projects, particularly the 3000-km-long China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that connects Gwadar port to the Xinjiang region