Indian children's right's activist and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi poses during a photo session in Paris on March 11, 2019 AFPDiscussing the crisis, Satyarthi expressed relief that the worst confrontation between the countries since they went to war in 1999 had 'calmed down'Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi warned Monday about "war-mongering" by Indian journalists during the latest confrontation with Pakistan. The Indian activist, who won the Nobel in 2014 with Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, has organized a joint statement signed by 71 other laureates calling for nuclear-armed India and Pakistan to defuse tensions after skirmishes at their border. Discussing the crisis, Satyarthi expressed relief that the worst confrontation between the countries since they went to war in 1999 had "calmed down", but he warned about the dangers of ultra-nationalism. "Many people, not only ordinary people who are patriots and nationalists, but also the media suddenly crossed that line and started demanding fully fledged war," Satyarthi told AFP in an interview in Paris. An attack planned by a Pakistan-based militant group on a convoy of Indian paramilitaries on February 14 provoked air strikes from New Delhi on Pakistani territory.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 12, 2019 12:33 UTC