India, April 10 -- Pakistan and France on Thursday expressed "serious concern" over the Israeli aggression against Lebanon.

During a "warm and cordial" telephone conversation between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and French President Emmanuel Macron, the latter conveyed his good wishes to the prime minister for the success of the upcoming peace talks in Islamabad.

According to the PM Office, President Macron called Sharif and congratulated him for Pakistan's mediation efforts that had resulted in the ceasefire between Iran and the US and brought both sides to the negotiating table." Both leaders expressed their serious concern over the ongoing aggression in Lebanon and stressed upon the urgent need to end the violence and killings, so t...