India, May 14 -- On India and Pakistan reaching an understanding to withhold fire across land, air and sea after four days of intense military conflict, a spokesperson for United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed hope that both countries will use the ceasefire to deal with a lot of "outstanding issues" between them.

Stephane Dujarric, Antonio Guterres' spokesperson, also hoped that the ceasefire would continue.

"The ceasefire is holding. I think we have seen that we're in a better place than we were before. We hope that the ceasefire will continue to hold, and we hope that the parties will use this to deal with a lot of the outstanding issues between them," said on Tuesday, reported PTI.

Earlier, Antonio Guterres had...