(Reuters) -Pakistan and India have extended airspace restrictions for each other’s aircraft in tit-for-tat moves, both countries said on Friday, amid continuing diplomatic tensions between the neighbours after a brief military conflict this month.
The Pakistan Airports Authority said the restriction applied to “all aircraft registered, operated, owned, or leased by India”, including military planes, until 4:59 a.m. local time on June 24. (2359 GMT on June 23)
India’s Civil Aviation Ministry issued a corresponding NOTAM (Notice to Airmen), saying Pakistani-registered, operated, owned, or leased aircraft, including military flights, would be barred from Indian airspace through June 23.
The move extends restrictions first imposed last month.
Tensions flared following a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir in April, eventually triggering the worst military conflict in nearly three decades between the nuclear-armed rivals.
The two countries agreed to a ceasefire on May 10.
(Reporting by Ariba Shahid in Karachi and Abhijith Ganapavaram in New DelhiWriting by Surbhi Misra in New DelhiEditing by Toby Chopra and Frances Kerry)
