Kathmandu, May 9 -- As India and Pakistan trade fire for a second day, Nepal has called for de-escalation as a measure towards peace.

Amid growing calls to clarify its stand on terrorism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday issued a statement. "Nepal is deeply concerned about the escalating tension between India and Pakistan, following the terrorist attack on innocent tourists in Pahalgam, India on April 23 in which a Nepali national also had lost his precious life," it said.

After the attack, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli spoke to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and conveyed his deepest condolences on the loss of lives in the terrorist attack.

Oli had also reiterated Nepal's solidarity with India against such acts in the t...