The US on Thursday (local time) evaded a question on whether Pakistan held prior consultations with Washington before conducting retaliatory air strikes on Iran.
Amid tensions between Iran and Pakistan, the US is concerned about the escalating tensions in the region and has urged restraint on all sides, US State Department of State Matthew Miller said on Thursday (local time).
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Pakistan's drone attack on non-Iranian villagers on the border of the two nations, calling it "unbalanced and unacceptable."
After Pakistan launched missile strikes into Iran earlier today that killed seven people, Foreign Affairs experts have said that retaliatory attacks have taken a new height of tension and that it could be Pakistan's deliberate move to create Shia-Sunni conflict.
The retaliatory air strikes launched by Pakistan earlier today killed at least seven people, including four children on Iran's southwest border, reported state news agency iRNA.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that China believes that the ties between the two nations should be handled based on basic norms governing international ties underpinned by the principles of the United Nations Charter.
He said, "This is a matter between Iran and Pakistan. Insofar as India is concerned, we have an uncompromising position of zero tolerance towards terrorism. We understand actions that countries take in their self defence."