JAKARTA - The Chinese government reminds its citizens to take extra security measures and avoid traveling to conflict areas related to attacks on each other in Pakistan and India.
"We advise Chinese citizens and organizations in the relevant region to pay close attention to developments, take extra security precautions and avoid traveling to areas involved in the conflict," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a press conference in Beijing, Wednesday, May 7.
India launched a missile strike into six locations in Pakistan on Tuesday, June 6 night which left at least eight people dead and 35 injured while two people were declared missing.
Pakistani military spokesman Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said missiles were fired by India into the cities of Bahawalpur, Pupike, Bagh, Muzaffarabad and Kotli.
"China follows closely the development of the situation, in the event of an emergency, immediately contact the Chinese embassy and consulate there to ask for help," added Lin Jian.
China, said Lin Jian, also urged that India and Pakistan can both exercise restraint.
"China considers India's military operations to be very regrettable this morning. We are concerned about the ongoing situation because India and Pakistan are China's neighbors," said Lin Jian.
Lin Jian emphasized that China is also against all forms of terrorism.
"We urge both parties to act in a greater interest, namely peace and stability, remain calm, exercise restraint, and take no action that can further complicate the situation," said Lin Jian.
China, according to Lin Jian, is ready to work closely with the international community to continue to play a constructive role in easing ongoing tensions.
"China is committed to pushing for negotiations for the sake of peace and keeping the region peaceful and stable. We also know that both India and Pakistan say they don't expect to see the escalation of the situation," added Lin Jian.
Dialogue and consultation, said Lin Jian, are ways to ease current tensions.
Earlier, India said it had launched missile attacks targeting nine "terrorist infrastructure" locations in Pakistan and Pakistan's accused India of being managed by Pakistan.
"No civilian, economic, or Pakistani military targets have been attacked. Only known terrorist camps have been targeted," according to a press release by the Indian Embassy.
The escalation between neighboring nuclear-armed countries came after the April 22, 2025 attack on the Indian-run Palalagam, an Indian-managedUSH that killed 26 people.
India blamed Pakistan for the attack, claiming there was cross-border relations. Pakistan denies it has ties to the killing.
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After an Indian missile strike on Wednesday morning, the Pakistan Air Force then shot down five Indian fighter jets.
According to Pakistani security sources, Indian jets that crashed were targeted "when trying to attack Pakistan from Indian airspace." The jets include three Rafale planes, MiG-29, and one SU-30, the source said.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday (7/5) morning that his party would provide decent retaliation' to India that had attacked Pakistani cities with missiles, and called India's actions fragile attacks' and war acts'.
The escalation between neighboring nuclear-armed countries came after an April 22 attack on the Indian-run Jammu andtendered cap that killed 26 people.
India blamed Pakistan for the attack and accused Pakistan of cross-border links to the perpetrators of the attack, but Pakistan denied the allegations.
The two countries responded to each other after the attack, including suspending visas and expelling diplomats.
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