Pakistan army chief spoke with top military officials from US, UK, Australia

Pakistan's army chief, Qamar Javed Bajwa, spoke on Friday with top military officials from the United States, Britain and Australia, Pakistan's military spokesman said, amid a volatile standoff with nuclear-armed neighbour India.

Major General Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet that Bajwa had discussed the standoff and "its impact on peace & stability in the region" in a call with U.S. CENTCOM Commander General Joseph Votel as well as with top British and Australian military figures.

Bajwa told them Pakistan would "surely respond to any aggression in self-defence", according to the Twitter post. Ghafoor said Bajwa had also spoken by phone with the ambassadors of China, Britain, and the United States.