Beijing: China on Wednesday called on Pakistan and India to solve their differences over Kashmir, as tensions mount between the nuclear-armed neighbours after an attack killed 18 Indian soldiers in the Valley.
India has long accused Pakistan of backing militant groups operating in Kashmir, as well as of sending fighters to other parts of the country to carry out acts of violence.
China "hopes that Pakistan and India will strengthen channels for dialogue, appropriately handle any differences, improve bilateral relations and together protect the region's peace and stability", a deputy foreign minister told Pakistan's special envoys to China for Kashmir, according to the foreign ministry website.
The deputy foreign minister, Liu Zhenmin, also told the envoys that China valued Pakistan's position on Kashmir.
China has long been a strong diplomatic, military and economic supporter of Pakistan, and the two call each other "all-weather friends". Their ties have been underpinned by wariness of their common neighbour, India, with which China fought a brief but bloody border war in 1962.
Tensions between India and Pakistan rose on Tuesday when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his visit to a visit the SAARC summit in Islamabad.
Some gunmen attacked an army camp in north Kashmir's Uri on September 18.
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