Anantnag, June 24 -- Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah has welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

"I am thankful to the Almighty if there is indeed a ceasefire; it is good. Innocent people were being killed...Nobody has surrendered before anyone, neither Iran nor America. But out of humanity, they said that this should be stopped," he said.

Abdullah pointed to the impact of the ongoing conflict on the world economy and said, "This would have impacted their economy and the economy of the rest of the world...This was a global pressure on America to end this."

As per the recent development, Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz has accused Iran of violating the ceasefire ...