Pakistani and Indian military commanders Thursday spoke by telephone hotline for the second time in two days to cool tensions after India alleged that Pakistan fired mortars into the India-controlled Kashmir, posing threat to a 14-month ceasefire between the two rivals.

"Pakistani Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) talked to his Indian counterpart and rejected the Indian claim of mortar fire," Pakistani military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told private Geo television.

Sultan said the Pakistani military officer told his Indian counterpart that the matter was fully investigated and no evidence was found to suggest that any incident of firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed region had happened.

A senior Indian military official, Lieutenant General Bhupinder Singh Thakur, was quoted Tuesday as saying that mortars were fired from the Pakistani territory at the Poonch sector of the India-controlled Kashmir that wounded one person.

Thakur said that 60 mm and 82 mm mortars were fired in three salvoes on Tuesday night at Poonch, which lies 245 kilometers northwest of Jammu, winter capital of Kashmir.

"Pakistani DGMO told the Indian military officer that such allegations create tensions and the two sides agreed that such incidents should be resolved at local level through flag meetings," Sultan said.

He added that incidents of firing along LoC, which divides Pakistan and India in Kashmir, used to be resolved at local level in the past.

Pakistan announced unilateral ceasefire on Nov. 25, 2003, as part of a peace process. India positively responded to the offer and the two countries have been observing ceasefire since then.

Source: Xinhua