China has urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and avoid further escalation following the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists. As a neighbour of both countries,

Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, China urges restraint from both nations. Beijing offered support to Pakistan in safeguarding its interests, while calling for a swift investigation into the attack that killed 26,

Michael Kugelman, a Washington-based South Asia analyst and writer for the Foreign Policy magazine, said India is now a much closer U.S. partner than Pakistan.