India, April 25 -- The United Nations on Friday urged India and Pakistan to exercise "maximum restraint" to prevent further deterioration of the tense situation in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.

While condemning the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 people on April 22, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said that issues between India and Pakistan should be peacefully resolved through "meaningful mutual engagement".

"We very much appeal to both the governments of Pakistan and India to exercise maximum restraint, and to ensure that the situation and the developments we've seen do not deteriorate any further," he said at a briefing.

"Any issues between Pakistan and India, we believe, can be and should...